Drying of wastes of almond shells in conical spouted beds

[EN] The goal of this study was to prove the feasibility of a conical spouted bed dryer for the drying of wastes of almond tree fruit. The drying operating regimes ranges in sspouted beds contactors were determined. The drying tests were conducted in the spouted bed regime under determined experimen...

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Autores: San Jose, Maria J, Alvarez, Sonia, Lopez, Raquel
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/116823
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/116823
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Drying
Dehydration
Dewatering
Emerging technologies
Products quality
Process control
Environmental
Evaporation
Sublimation
Diffusion
Energy
Intensification
Almond shells wastes
Conical spouted beds
Biomass wastes
Descrição
Resumo:[EN] The goal of this study was to prove the feasibility of a conical spouted bed dryer for the drying of wastes of almond tree fruit. The drying operating regimes ranges in sspouted beds contactors were determined. The drying tests were conducted in the spouted bed regime under determined experimental conditions. Beds consisting of almond shells were dried at drying air temperatures ranging from room temperature to 140 ºC. The drying behaviour was assessed based on the decrease in moisture content of almond shells with the time and the effect of drying air temperature on the drying process was analyzed.