Kinetics of convective drying of the sugar beet pulp

Authors :: Jokić Aleksandar
Gyura Julianna
Zavargo Zoltan Z.
Lević Ljubinko
Source :: Hemijska Industrija, Vol 59, Iss 3-4, Pp 73-77 (2005)
Publication Year :: 2005
Publisher :: Association of Chemical Engineers of Serbia, 2005.
Abstract: Different authors have investigated hot air drying of sugar beet pulp, but no data on drying kinetics can be found in the literature. The aim of this study was to find suitable model for drying kinetics of sugar beet pulp. Of all models applied to drying curves, the best results were obtained for logarithmic equation. Also it was found that pressing of sugar beet pulp reduces time needed for drying by 10%, without any change in drying kinetics or any significant influence on coefficient of rehydration ratio.