• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.230-243
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• 1990

This study was conducted to investigate the possibility of application of an infrared drying to drying process for red pepper. The performance of seramic heaters and the variation of temperature and moisture content of red pepper were analyzed during an infrared drying of red peppers. Also, the quality of dried red pepper was analyzed. The following results were obtained from this study. 1. The surface temperature of infrared heaters and the rising time required for steady state were mainly affected by electrical power consumed. 2. The heat energy required for heating red pepper was proposed to be calculated by the equation in terms of enthalpy of air and net heat flux by infrared heater in a drying chamber. The statistical model for net heat flux was developed. 3. The performance of the infrared heater used for heating red pepper was much affected by the distance of radiation, and the difference of temperatures appeared between the radiated surface and the inside of red pepper. 4. Electrical capacity of the infrared heater had a significant effect on the heating of red pepper. However, the effect of shape of heater on heating was not significant. 5. The variation of temperature of red pepper largely appeared in the range of 30 to 60% (db) in moisture content. The temperature of red pepper was almost constant at low moisture content. 6. The temperature of red pepper and heating time had significant effects on the quality for radiant heating. 7. When the electrical capacity of infrared heater and the distance of radiation are carefully designed in a dryer with the insulated drying chamber, infrared drying might be very effective in red pepper drying.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제32권8호
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• pp.1297-1301
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• 2003

감귤의 건조에 따른 품질 특성을 모니터링하고 기호도가 우수한 건조 감귤을 제조하고자 건조온도 및 건조시간에 대한 중심합성실험 계획으로 반응표면분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과 수분활성도, 경도(hardness) 및 부드러움 정도(softness)는 건조온도에 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 건조 감귤의 건조온도가 증가할수록 수분 활성도는 감소하는 것으로 나타났으며, 경도는 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 부드러움 정도는 건조 온도가 낮고 건조시간이 짧을수록 높게 나타났다. 건조감귤의 전반적인 기호도는 건조온도가 낮을수록 높은 기호도를 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 높은 기호도를 가지는 범위에서의 경도는 2.01 ∼ 3.20 ${\times}$ $10^{6}$ dyn/$\textrm{cm}^2$, 부드러움 정도는 62.54 ∼ 146.37 cm/kg의 범위로 나타났다. 이러한 범위를 만족시켜주는 건조 조건범위는 건조온도 66 ∼ 75$^{\circ}C$ 및 건조시간 8 ∼ 14 hr범위였다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.65-83
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• 1979

Low-temperature drying systems have been extensively used for drying cereal grain such as shelled corn and wheat. Since the 1973 energy crisis, many researches have been conducted to apply solar energy as supplemental heat to natural air drying systems. However, little research on rough rice drying has been done in this area, especially very little in Korea. In designing a solar drying system, quality loss, airflow requirements, temperature rise of drying air, fan power and energy requirements should be throughly studied. The factors affecting solar drying systems are airflow rate, initial moisture content, the amount of heat added to drying air, fan operation method and the weather conditions. The major objectives of this study were to analyze the effects of the performance factors and determine design parameters such as airflow requirements, optimum bed depth, optimum temperature rise of drying air, fan operation method and collector size. Three hourly observations based on the 4-year weather data in Chuncheon area were used to simulate rough rice drying. The results can be summarized as follows: 1. The results of the statistical analysis indicated that the experimental and predicted values of the temperature rise of the air passing through the collector agreed well. 2. Equilibrium moisture content was affected a little by airflow rate, but affected mainly by the amount of heat added, to drying air. Equilibrium moisture content ranged from 12.2 to 13.2 percent wet basis for the continuous fan operation, from 10.4 to 11.7 percent wet basis for the intermittent fan operation respectively, in range of 1. 6 to 5. 9 degrees Centigrade average temperature rise of drying air. 3. Average moisture content when top layer was dried to 15 percent wet basis ranged from 13.1 to 13.9 percent wet basis for the continuous fan operation, from 11.9 to 13.4 percent wet basis for the intermittent fan operation respectively, in the range of 1.6 to 5.9 degrees Centigrade average temperature rise of drying air and 18 to 24 percent wet basis initial moisture content. The results indicated that grain was overdried with the intermittent fan operation in any range of temperature rise of drying air. Therefore, the continuous fan operation is usually more effective than the intermittent fan operation considering the overdrying. 4. For the continuous fan operation, the average temperature rise of drying air may be limited to 2.2 to 3. 3 degrees Centigrade considering safe storage moisture level of 13.5 to 14 perceut wet basis. 5. Required drying time decrease ranged from 40 to 50 percent each time the airflow rate was doubled and from 3.9 to 4.3 percent approximately for each one degrees Centigrade in average temperature rise of drying air regardless of the fan operation methods. Therefore, the average temperature rise of drying air had a little effect on required drying time. 6. Required drying time increase ranged from 18 to 30 percent approximately for each 2 percent increase in initial moisture content regardless of the fan operation methods, in the range of 18 to 24 percent moisture. 7. The intermittent fan operation showed about 36 to 42 percent decrease in required drying time as compared with the continuous fan operation. 8. Drymatter loss decrease ranged from 34 to 46 percent each time the airflow rate was doubled and from 2 to 3 percent approximately for each one degrees Centigrade in average temperature rise of drying air, regardless of the fan operation methods. Therefore, the average temperature rise of drying air had a little effect on drymatter loss. 9. Drymatter loss increase ranged from 50 to 78 percent approximately for each 2 percent increase in initial moisture content, in the range of 18 to 24 percent moisture. 10. The intermittent fan operation: showed about 40 to 50 percent increase in drymatter loss as compared with the continuous fan operation and the increasing rate was higher at high level of initial moisture and average temperature rise. 11. Year-to-year weather conditions had a little effect on required drying time and drymatter loss. 12. The equations for estimating time required to dry top layer to 16 and 1536 wet basis and drymatter loss were derived as functions of the performance factors. by the least square method. 13. Minimum airflow rates based on 0.5 percent drymatter loss were estimated. Minimum airflow rates for the intermittent fan operation were approximately 1.5 to 1.8 times as much as compared with the continuous fan operation, but a few differences among year-to-year. 14. Required fan horsepower and energy for the intermittent fan operation were 3. 7 and 1. 5 times respectively as much as compared with the continuous fan operation. 15. The continuous fan operation may be more effective than the intermittent fan operation considering overdrying, fan horsepower requirements, and energy use. 16. A method for estimating the required collection area of flat-plate solar collector using average temperature rise and airflow rate was presented.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.64-64
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• 1979

Low-temperature drying systems have been extensively used for drying cereal grain such as shelled corn and wheat. Since the 1973 energy crisis, many researches have been conducted to apply solar energy as supplemental heat to natural air drying systems. However, little research on rough rice drying has been done in this area, especially very little in Korea. In designing a solar drying system, quality loss, airflow requirements, temperature rise of drying air, fan power and energy requirements should be throughly studied. The factors affecting solar drying systems are airflow rate, initial moisture content, the amount of heat added to drying air, fan operation method and the weather conditions. The major objectives of this study were to analyze the effects of the performance factors and determine design parameters such as airflow requirements, optimum bed depth, optimum temperature rise of drying air, fan operation method and collector size. Three hourly observations based on the 4-year weather data in Chuncheon area were used to simulate rough rice drying. The results can be summarized as follows: 1. The results of the statistical analysis indicated that the experimental and predicted values of the temperature rise of the air passing through the collector agreed well.2. Equilibrium moisture content was affected a little by airflow rate, but affected mainly by the amount of heat added, to drying air. Equilibrium moisture content ranged from 12.2 to 13.2 percent wet basis for the continuous fan operation, from 10.4 to 11.7 percent wet basis for the intermittent fan operation respectively, in range of 1. 6 to 5. 9 degrees Centigrade average temperature rise of drying air.3. Average moisture content when top layer was dried to 15 percent wet basis ranged from 13.1 to 13.9 percent wet basis for the continuous fan operation, from 11.9 to 13.4 percent wet basis for the intermittent fan operation respectively, in the range of 1.6 to 5.9 degrees Centigrade average temperature rise of drying air and 18 to 24 percent wet basis initial moisture content. The results indicated that grain was overdried with the intermittent fan operation in any range of temperature rise of drying air. Therefore, the continuous fan operation is usually more effective than the intermittent fan operation considering the overdrying.4. For the continuous fan operation, the average temperature rise of drying air may be limited to 2.2 to 3. 3 degrees Centigrade considering safe storage moisture level of 13.5 to 14 perceut wet basis.5. Required drying time decrease ranged from 40 to 50 percent each time the airflow rate was doubled and from 3.9 to 4.3 percent approximately for each one degrees Centigrade in average temperature rise of drying air regardless of the fan operation methods. Therefore, the average temperature rise of drying air had a little effect on required drying time.6. Required drying time increase ranged from 18 to 30 percent approximately for each 2 percent increase in initial moisture content regardless of the fan operation methods, in the range of 18 to 24 percent moisture.7. The intermittent fan operation showed about 36 to 42 percent decrease in required drying time as compared with the continuous fan operation.8. Drymatter loss decrease ranged from 34 to 46 percent each time the airflow rate was doubled and from 2 to 3 percent approximately for each one degrees Centigrade in average temperature rise of drying air, regardless of the fan operation methods. Therefore, the average temperature rise of drying air had a little effect on drymatter loss. 9. Drymatter loss increase ranged from 50 to 78 percent approximately for each 2 percent increase in initial moisture content, in the range of 18 to 24 percent moisture. 10. The intermittent fan operation: showed about 40 to 50 percent increase in drymatter loss as compared with the continuous fan operation and the increasing rate was higher at high level of initial moisture and average temperature rise.11. Year-to-year weather conditions had a little effect on required drying time and drymatter loss.12. The equations for estimating time required to dry top layer to 16 and 1536 wet basis and drymatter loss were derived as functions of the performance factors. by the least square method.13. Minimum airflow rates based on 0.5 percent drymatter loss were estimated.Minimum airflow rates for the intermittent fan operation were approximately 1.5 to 1.8 times as much as compared with the continuous fan operation, but a few differences among year-to-year.14. Required fan horsepower and energy for the intermittent fan operation were3. 7 and 1. 5 times respectively as much as compared with the continuous fan operation.15. The continuous fan operation may be more effective than the intermittent fan operation considering overdrying, fan horsepower requirements, and energy use.16. A method for estimating the required collection area of flat-plate solar collector using average temperature rise and airflow rate was presented.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.661-667
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• 1990

Spinel powders were synthesized at the comparatively low-temperature range(800~90$0^{\circ}C$) by the emulsion-hot kerosene drying method and the effects of kerosene-evaporative conditions on powder characteristics were investigated. In emulsion drying, more unagglomerated and sinterable powders could be synthesized through rapid evaporation of emulsion at the higher kerosene temperature. The completion of formation reaction of spinel observed at the low-temperature range confirmed the high reactivity of powders. The relative theoretical density and the fracture toughness of spinel pellets sintered at 1$650^{\circ}C$ for 4hrs. were 98% and 2.1MN/m3/2, respectively.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.1126-1134
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• 1996

삼투처리로 전처리한 당근의 건조특성을 알기 위해 건조와 재수화 공정을 행하여 물리적인 특성을 조사하고, 수분이동 메카니즘을 규명하기 위해 확산 방정식과 건조 모델을 적용하여 알아보고자 하였다. 열풍 건조시 건조특성은 고온과 낮은 상대습도의 조건에서 건조효율이 우수하였으며, 갈변도나 specific volume 등도 높은 값을 보였으며 전반적 색차 또한 큰 값을 보였여 갈변정도와 유사한 경향을 보였다. 재수화 특성도 고온과 낮은 상대습도에서 건조한 것이 대체적으로 복원률과 재수화성이 높게 나타나 건조 특성이 재수화시에도 유사한 경향으로 나타남을 알 수 있었다. 수분의 이동을 나타내는 확산계수는 고온과 낮은 상대습도에서 높은 확산계수를 가졌으며, 온도의 영향이 상대습도보다 크게 나타나 상대습도를 낮추는 것 보다 건조온도를 높이는 것이 더 효과적인 운용방법임을 알 수 있었다. 건조과정을 기존의 건조모델로 표현하고자 적합성 여부를 조사해 본 결과 건조조건에 관계없이 quadratic model이 가장 높은 적합도를 보여 이 모델로서 건조시 수분함량의 감소를 시간의 함수로 나타낼 수 있었다. 건조시간과 풍속을 변화시키면서 실험을 행한 결과 시간에 따른 carotene 함량과 수분함량은 polynomial 형태로 모델화 할 수 있었고 풍속이 강할수록 평형수분함량 도달 시간은 빨라졌으나 1.2 m/s 이상의 풍속에서는 그 차이가 크지 않았으며, carotene 함량도 유사한 경향이었다. 재수화 특성값도 빠른 풍속에서 건조한 당근일수록 우수한 것으로 나타났으며, carotene 함량이나 전반적인 색차도 건조 후의 특성이 그대로 유지되었다. 기존모델과의 적합도를 살펴보면 풍속에 관계없이 quadratic mode이 가장 높은 적합도를 보여 건조시 수분의 이동을 예측할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 기존에 관행적으로 상온에서 방치되어오던 단감의 예건 조건을 온도와 시간을 달리하면서 단감의 중량 감소율, 경도 및 저온저장고에서 장시간 저장 후 경도 감소율을 비교하였다. 상온에서의 예건은 처리시간이 일주일씩 되기 때문에 수확 시기에 공간적인 문제와 함께 농가에서 어려움이 있어 예건 온도를 높이면서 처리시간을 단축하여 단감의 품질변화가 유지되거나 향상되는 예건 조건을 찾았다. 예건 처리 조건 중에서 고온($30{\sim}40^{\circ}C$) 6시간 처리 시 단감의 중량 감소율은 $1.28{\pm}0.22%$로 대조군의 $1.62{\pm}0.02%$보다도 약 20% 억제하는 경향을 보였고, 과육의 경도는 $22.2{\pm}2.64N$으로 매우 단단한 경도를 보였으며, 저온저장고에서 100일간 저장 후 경도 감소율에서도 $12.9{\pm}3.8%$의 감소율을 보여 대조군에 비해 약 50% 향상되는 결과를 얻었다.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.176-184
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• 1998

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of freezing rate on aroma retention and to examine the mechanism of aroma retention during freeze drying process. Our experiments were carried out with self-manufactured freeze-dryer. Gelatin gels (2% w / w, 80${\times}$20mm) containing diacetyl(2mg/ml) were frozen unidirectionally (Neumann's model) from the bottom at -45, -30, -20, and -15$^{\circ}C$ and followed with freeze-drying. Under the upper conditions we measured freezing rate and the change of temperature and pressure during freeze drying. Freeze-dried gelatins were cut horizontally into 5 mm thickness from the bottom measured and diacetly contents. Besides, we observed the effect of the relative humidity of the diacetyl contents freeze-dried gelatin during storage. The retained diacetyl content was increased at high freezing temperature and in order of 0∼5, 5∼10, 10∼15, 15∼20 mm section from the bottom of the sample. It was observed that the retained diacetyl content was high in 15∼20 mm section. The retained diacetyl content and freeze-dried gelatin stored in the condition of high relative humidity was decreased significantly but in the low relative humidity case, was it decreased in small amount. The results of our experiment resents that the low temperature freezing and low humidity storing condition is effective for preserving aroma compound in food.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2011

The possibility of using the properties of an ultrasonic wave as a means for monitoring the moisture content of a board during drying was investigated. The ultrasonic wave signals are influenced by moisture content and other factors such as temperature, moisture gradient and coupling area. The effect of temperature was examined by measuring the transit times, amplitudes and velocities of ultrasonic waves transmitted through air, a metal bar and a board at various temperatures. The effect of a moisture gradient was studied using a model specimen composing five wood pieces of various moisture contents. The velocity and amplitude of the ultrasonic waves transmitted through air increase with temperature, while those through a metal bar and a board decrease. It was confirmed that the temperature effect is partially attributed to the change of transducer's properties. The effect of a moisture gradient on the velocity of an ultrasonic wave varies with the average moisture content of a board. As the dimension of the end face of a board increases the velocity of an ultrasonic wave increases and low frequency components more dominates than high frequency components. The transit times of ultrasonic waves transmitted through a board during kiln drying reflect the temperature steps in the drying schedule and the transducer temperatures.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.14 No.1
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• pp.61-64
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• 2001

This study relates to a method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor using a functional polymer composition. The method comprises immersing the rolled aluminum electrolytic capacitor device in polyaniline solution with high electric conductivity to impregnate the device with polyaniline, drying the impregnated device in a drying oven which is maintained at constant temperature to fully remove the solvent, inserting the dried device to a capacitor aluminum can and then sealing with epoxy resin, to manufacture a solid electrolytic capacitor using a conducting polymer. As such, the impregnation can be performed well at not only normal temperature and pressure, but also high temperature and reduced pressure. The solid electrolytic capacitor has the advantages of high capacity, low impedance and low ESR, and also, low manufacturing cost, simple processes and high reliability.