Drying Kinetics of Sunflower Seeds using Pulsed UHF Energy Intake
Drying Kinetics of Sunflower Seeds using Pulsed UHF Energy Intake
Author(s): Bernic Mircea, Răducan Marcel, Ciobanu EugeniuSubject(s): Agriculture, Energy and Environmental Studies
Published by: UIKTEN - Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science
Keywords: drying; sun flower seeds; UHF field; heat and mass transfer; pulse
Summary/Abstract: In this paper the drying kinetics of sunflower seeds using pulsed UHF energy intake are given. It is shown and argued that the application of pulsed internal heat source made possible the reduction of heat treatment period by 17%, and of specific energy consumption by 21.8%.
Journal: TEM Journal
- Issue Year: 2/2013
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 305-308
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English