Evaluation of air flow resistance across a green fig bed for selecting an appropriate pressure drop prediction equation

Variation of static pressure in a crambe (Crambe abyssinica Hochst) grains column

“…The pressure drop is related to the increase in bulk density as well as reduction of the porosity of the mass of grains is promoted by raising the water content in the product (Amanlou and Zomorodian, 2011).…”

Applying CFD for designing a new fruit cabinet dryer

“…In the present study for defining C 0 and C 1 , a test rig was designed and fabricated in which the pressure drop of drying fruit bed was measured (Amanlou and Zomorodian, 2010). The test rig is made of a smooth PVC cylinder with 40 cm inside diameter.…”

“…Outlet: assuming gauge pressure = 0 at the outlet, Fluent extrapolated the required information from the interior of drying chamber. Porous media: empirical parameters of pressure drop equation and fruit bed porosity were defined (Amanlou and Zomorodian, 2010). Wall: heat transfer coefficients of the chamber walls and environmental conditions were defined.…”

Numerical and experimental study of airflow resistance across an array of sliced food items during drying

“…The engineering design, operation, optimization, and control of these processes are dependent on the magnitude and distribution of the airflow resistance. Moreover, in food dehydration applications, the final quality of the dried food product is also affected by the magnitude and distribution of the airflow resistance [4,5]. The cross-flow configuration is observed in most solar food drying units developed recently [6].…”