The Drying Kinetics of Chilies using a Rotating Fluidized Bed Technique
- 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khon Kaen University, 123 Mittraparb Road, Muang, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
Abstract
Problem statements: The present study investigates experimentally the drying of chilies (Capsicum annuum L.) with rotating fluidized bed technique and the biological properties: capsaicin content, moisture diffusivity and activation energy. Approach: The drying experiment was conducted at the drying air temperatures ranged 70-120°C and the drying air velocity was fixed at 1.8 m sec-1, while the layer's height was fixed at 4 ± 0.5 cm. The chilies were dried starting 350 ± 5%db down to 10 ± 1%db. Results: The drying time requested to dry chilies ranged 69-257 min. The average capsaicin content of dried chilies was decreased starting 2725.4 down to 1617.4 ppm. The effective diffusivity and activation energy were also described. Conclusion: Drying air temperature was significant factor on the decreasing of moisture content, capsaicin content and redness of dried chilies. All samples can be marketable.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2010.1599.1606
Copyright: © 2010 Watcharin Dongbang, Worachest Pirompugd and Kittichai Triratanasirichai. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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Keywords
- Rotating Fluidized Bed (RFB)
- drying kinetics
- dried chilies
- moisture diffusivity
- drying air temperature
- Capsicum annuum L.
- centrifugal fluidized
- sunlit drying
- linear logarithmic
- cylindrical food