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Mathematical modeling of the drying of extruded fish feed and its experimental demonstration

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Abstract

This paper present a mathematical model for the drying of extruded fish feed
pellets. The model relies on conservation balances for moisture and energy. Sorption isotherms from literature are used together with diffusion and transfer coefficients obtained from dual parameter regression analysis against experimental data. The lumped capacitance method for the estimation of the heat transfer coefficient is used. The model performs well at temperatures ± 5 °C from sorption isotherm specificity, and for different pellet sizes. There is a slight under-estimation of surface temperature of denser feed pellets with lower mass diffusivities, possibly owing to a mischievously low conductivity used for these pellets.
Original languageEnglish
Publication dateAug 2014
Number of pages7
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2014
Event19th International Drying Symposium - Lyon, France
Duration: 24. Aug 201427. Aug 2014
Conference number: 19

Conference

Conference19th International Drying Symposium
Number19
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLyon
Period24/08/201427/08/2014

Keywords

  • drying
  • mathematical modeling
  • fish feed

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