Heat and Mass Transfer Modelling During Drying Empirical to Multiscale Approaches

English | 2021 | ISBN: 1138624020 | 221 pages | True PDF | 9.89 MB
Most conventional dryers use random heating to dry diverse materials without considering their thermal sensitivity and energy requirements for drying. Eventually, excess energy consumption is necessary to attain a low-quality dried product. Proper heat and mass transfer modelling prior to designing a drying system for selected food materials can overcome these problems.Heat and Mass Transfer Modelling During Drying: Empirical to Multiscale Approachesextensively discusses the issue of predicting energy consumption in terms of heat and mass transfer simulation.
A comprehensive mathematical model can help provide proper insight into the underlying transport phenomena within the materials during drying. However, drying of porous materials such as food is one of the most complex problems in the engineering field that is also multiscale in nature. From the modelling perspective, heat and mass transfer phenomena can be predicted using empirical to multiscale modelling. However, multiscale simulation methods can provide a comprehensive understanding of the physics of drying food materials.