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Energy and Environmental Engineering(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 2(1), pp. 1 - 13
DOI: 10.13189/eee.2014.020101
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A Mathematical Model of Indirect Solar Drying of Dairy Products (Jameed)
Ghassan M. Tashtosh *, Mohammad Jaradat , Shadi Zuraiakt , Mohamad Aljarah
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, P.O.Box 3030, Irbid, 22110 Jordan
ABSTRACT
A Mathematical modeling of indirect natural convection solar dryer was designed for drying one of the famous dairy product in Jordan called Jameed. The intended solar dryer system is environmentally friendly and consumes zero electricity. The dryer consists of a flat plate solar collector having dimensions of 0.1 m height, 0.8 m width and 1.2 m length. A drying chamber consisting of four trays separated equally from each others at a distance of 0.2 m. The chamber is 1 m long made of wood. Each tray has a cross section of 0.8 m x 0.4 m. The solar collector is studied separately to establish the effect of changing its width or length on the air outlet temperature and mass flow rate. The drying chamber is used to dry 4 kilograms of jameed, each 1 kilogram is distributed on each tray. The total solar irradiation on the collector surface and chamber walls at each hour of the day was also calculated at the 21st of May in Jordan. At these specific solar irradiation, the flat plate solar collector efficiency was almost constant having an average efficiency of 37% and a maximum outlet temperature of 41℃ at 1p.m. The drying time for trays 1, 2, 3 and 4 were 16.4, 19.14, 22.6 and 25.71 hours, respectively.
KEYWORDS
Solar Drying, Dairy Products, Mathematical Model, Moisture Content
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Ghassan M. Tashtosh , Mohammad Jaradat , Shadi Zuraiakt , Mohamad Aljarah , "A Mathematical Model of Indirect Solar Drying of Dairy Products (Jameed)," Energy and Environmental Engineering(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1 - 13, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/eee.2014.020101.
(b). APA Format:
Ghassan M. Tashtosh , Mohammad Jaradat , Shadi Zuraiakt , Mohamad Aljarah (2014). A Mathematical Model of Indirect Solar Drying of Dairy Products (Jameed). Energy and Environmental Engineering(CEASE PUBLICATION), 2(1), 1 - 13. DOI: 10.13189/eee.2014.020101.