Drying kinetics of jatropha seeds
Given the necessity of developing jatropha cultivation equipment, this work adjusted different mathematical models to experimental data obtained from the drying of jatropha seeds submitted to different drying conditions and selected the best model to describe the drying process. The experiment was c...
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| author | Valdiney Cambuy Siqueira Osvaldo Resende Tarcísio Honório Chaves |
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| description | Given the necessity of developing jatropha cultivation equipment, this work adjusted different mathematical models to experimental data obtained from the drying of jatropha seeds submitted to different drying conditions and selected the best model to describe the drying process. The experiment was carried out at the Federal Institute of Goiás - Rio Verde Campus. Seeds with initial moisture content of approximately 0.50 (kg water/kg dry matter) were dried in a forced air-ventilated oven, at temperatures of 45, 60, 75, 90 and 105°C to moisture content of 0.10 ± 0.005 (kg water/kg dry matter). The experimental data were adjusted to 11 mathematical models to represent the drying process of agricultural products. The models were compared using the coefficient of determination, chi-square test, relative mean error, estimated mean error and residual distribution. It was found that the increase in the air temperature caused a reduction in the drying time of seeds. The models Midilli and Two Terms were suitable to represent the drying process of Jatropha seeds and between them the use of the Midili model is recommended due to its greater simplicity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e99d60616be4327a495034a6d057c8e2022-12-22T00:55:00ZengUniversidade Federal De ViçosaRevista Ceres2177-34912012-04-0159217117710.1590/S0034-737X2012000200004S0034-737X2012000200004Drying kinetics of jatropha seedsValdiney Cambuy SiqueiraOsvaldo Resende0Tarcísio Honório ChavesInstituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia GoianoGiven the necessity of developing jatropha cultivation equipment, this work adjusted different mathematical models to experimental data obtained from the drying of jatropha seeds submitted to different drying conditions and selected the best model to describe the drying process. The experiment was carried out at the Federal Institute of Goiás - Rio Verde Campus. Seeds with initial moisture content of approximately 0.50 (kg water/kg dry matter) were dried in a forced air-ventilated oven, at temperatures of 45, 60, 75, 90 and 105°C to moisture content of 0.10 ± 0.005 (kg water/kg dry matter). The experimental data were adjusted to 11 mathematical models to represent the drying process of agricultural products. The models were compared using the coefficient of determination, chi-square test, relative mean error, estimated mean error and residual distribution. It was found that the increase in the air temperature caused a reduction in the drying time of seeds. The models Midilli and Two Terms were suitable to represent the drying process of Jatropha seeds and between them the use of the Midili model is recommended due to its greater simplicity.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-737X2012000200004&lng=en&tlng=ensecagemmodelagem matemáticaJatropha curcas L.temperaturateor de água |
| spellingShingle | Valdiney Cambuy Siqueira Osvaldo Resende Tarcísio Honório Chaves Drying kinetics of jatropha seeds Revista Ceres secagem modelagem matemática Jatropha curcas L. temperatura teor de água |
| title | Drying kinetics of jatropha seeds |
| title_full | Drying kinetics of jatropha seeds |
| title_fullStr | Drying kinetics of jatropha seeds |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drying kinetics of jatropha seeds |
| title_short | Drying kinetics of jatropha seeds |
| title_sort | drying kinetics of jatropha seeds |
| topic | secagem modelagem matemática Jatropha curcas L. temperatura teor de água |
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