Designing, assembly and start up for a semiautomatic hot-air tray dryer
Designing specific equipment as a teaching and investigation tool in engineering is an interesting alternative for reducing costs and contributing towards local appropriation of know- ledge and technology. It makes adaptation to the environment easier and reduces technology dependency. This work sho...
- Autores:
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Vargas Solano, Edgar Mauricio
Garzón Rodríguez, Fredy Alexander
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2010
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/29647
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/29647
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/19695/
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/19695/2/
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/19695/8/
- Palabra clave:
- Ingeniería Química
Ingeniería de Alimentos
diseño secador
aire caliente
bandejas
curvas de secado
plátano
Dominico Hartón
Chemical Engineering
Food Engineering
dryer design
hot air
tray
drying curve
banana
Dominico Hartón
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | Designing specific equipment as a teaching and investigation tool in engineering is an interesting alternative for reducing costs and contributing towards local appropriation of know- ledge and technology. It makes adaptation to the environment easier and reduces technology dependency. This work shows how a semiautomatic hot-air tray-dryer was designed, built and brought into operation, describing the pertinent engineering stages. The dryer was controlled by using Microsoft Visual Basic and could simulate environmental conditions (temperature and humidity) anywhere in Colombia. Drying curves for Dominico Hartón variety banana were made for two temperatures (50°C and 70°C), in duplicate, to validate the equipment. |
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