Diffusion coefficient estimation for shelled corn
Thin-layer drying curves of shelled corn were determined at 40, 50, 60 and 70 °C and 'high' relative humidity, for a moisture range from 21 to 12%, dry basis. Simulation of the experimental drying curves was performed by means of Fick's second law for diffusion out of a sphere, with c...
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todo:paper_00236438_v24_n4_p303_Tolaba2023-10-03T14:33:53Z Diffusion coefficient estimation for shelled corn Tolaba, M.P. Suarez, C. Viollaz, P.E. Thin-layer drying curves of shelled corn were determined at 40, 50, 60 and 70 °C and 'high' relative humidity, for a moisture range from 21 to 12%, dry basis. Simulation of the experimental drying curves was performed by means of Fick's second law for diffusion out of a sphere, with constant diffusion coefficient. An accurate fitting of the experimental data was obtained assuming an equilibrium value given by the desorption isotherm of grain (static equilibrium moisture content). A reasonable agreement was also found between the dynamic equilibrium moisture content (obtained from the drying data) and the static one. A criterion was proposed, based on the monolayer moisture content, where the static equilibrium moisture content accurately fits the experimental drying curves. © 1991 Academic Press Limited. Fil:Tolaba, M.P. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00236438_v24_n4_p303_Tolaba |
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Thin-layer drying curves of shelled corn were determined at 40, 50, 60 and 70 °C and 'high' relative humidity, for a moisture range from 21 to 12%, dry basis. Simulation of the experimental drying curves was performed by means of Fick's second law for diffusion out of a sphere, with constant diffusion coefficient. An accurate fitting of the experimental data was obtained assuming an equilibrium value given by the desorption isotherm of grain (static equilibrium moisture content). A reasonable agreement was also found between the dynamic equilibrium moisture content (obtained from the drying data) and the static one. A criterion was proposed, based on the monolayer moisture content, where the static equilibrium moisture content accurately fits the experimental drying curves. © 1991 Academic Press Limited. |
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Tolaba, M.P. Suarez, C. Viollaz, P.E. Diffusion coefficient estimation for shelled corn |
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Tolaba, M.P. Suarez, C. Viollaz, P.E. |
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Diffusion coefficient estimation for shelled corn |
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Diffusion coefficient estimation for shelled corn |
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