Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly 2013 Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages: 593-603
https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ120327094Y
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Drying of oil palm frond particles in a fluidized bed dryer with inert medium
Yun May Tee (Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)
Puspasari Ifa (Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)
Tasirin Masrinda Siti (Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)
Talib Meor Zainal Meor (Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)
Daud Wan Ramli Wan (Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)
Yaakob Zahira (Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia)
Drying characteristic of oil palm frond fibres was investigated in a
fluidized bed dryer with the presence of inert particles. Sand was used as
inert material. Effects of air temperature (60, 70 and 80ºC), air velocity
(0.79 and 0.85 m/s) and mass ratio of fibres to sand (1:0, 1:1 and 1:2) on
the drying curves were investigated. The results showed that the shortest
drying time was obtained with the highest air temperature, air velocity and
fibres to sand mass ratio. The experimental drying data were fitted to nine
existing drying models namely Lewis, Page, Modified Page, Henderson and
Pabis, Logarithmic, Two-term, Two-term exponential and Wang and Singh models
and a proposed new model. The goodness-of-fit was determined based on the
values of r2, c2 and RMSE. The results showed that the best quality of the
fit was obtained using the proposed model. The new model was also validated
for the superheated steam drying of oil palm empty fruit bunch from other
work.
Keywords: drying characteristics, drying kinetics, falling rate, fibrous material, fluidized bed, inert particles