Drying Kinetics of Macroalgae as a Function of Drying Gas Velocity and Material Bulk Density, Including Shrinkage
Walker, Craig, and Sheehan, Madoc (2022) Drying Kinetics of Macroalgae as a Function of Drying Gas Velocity and Material Bulk Density, Including Shrinkage. Clean Technologies, 4 (3). pp. 669-689.
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Abstract
Macroalgae have many potential applications and can make important contributions to sustainability and circular economy objectives. Macroalgae are degradable high-moisture biomaterials and drying is a necessary step, but drying is an energy and capital-intensive part of their production process. This study presents convective drying curves for commercially promising fresh and saltwater species (U. ohnoi and O. intermedium), obtained over a range of industry-relevant drying gas velocities (0.3–2 m/s) and material bulk densities (33–100 kg/m3). Pragmatic diffusion-based drying models that account for the influence of drying gas velocity, material bulk density, and material shrinkage are presented. Results provide critical insights into the validity of diffusion model assumptions for compressible biomaterials and new mechanisms describing gas penetration into such materials are proposed. The drying models provided in this work demonstrate a high degree of accuracy for both species.
| Item ID: | 76430 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2571-8797 |
| Keywords: | bulk density, drying rates, gas penetration, macroalgae, modeling, shrinkage |
| Copyright Information: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2023 02:13 |
| FoR Codes: | 40 ENGINEERING > 4011 Environmental engineering > 401102 Environmentally sustainable engineering @ 50% 40 ENGINEERING > 4004 Chemical engineering > 400407 Process control and simulation @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 17 ENERGY > 1707 Processing of energy sources > 170701 Biomass processing @ 100% |
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