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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Moisture Removal Characteristics of Thin Layer Rough Rice under Sequenced Infrared Radiation Heating and Cooling
Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, Volume 38, No. 1, Year 2014
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The objective of this study was to investigate the moisture removal characteristics of thin layer rough rice heated by infrared (IR) and cooled with various cooling methods. Thin layer rough rice samples with different initial moisture contents (MCs) were heated using a catalytic IR emitter for four exposure times and radiation intensities. High heating rate and moisture removal were achieved during the IR heating period. After heating, more moisture removal was achieved during the cooling period. The achieved grain temperatures ranged from 35.1 to 68.4C under the tested heating conditions. The vacuum and forced air cooling methods removed more moisture than did the natural cooling. When rice with 25.7% MC was heated by IR, MC was reduced by 3.2, 3.5, and 3.8 percentage points for rice heated to 63.5C at the IR intensity of 5348W/m2 for120s followed by natural cooling for 40min, forced air cooling for 5min and vacuum cooling for 10min, respectively. Practical Applications: To design efficient infrared (IR) dryers for rough rice, it is important to optimize the operating parameters of IR dryer to achieve high heating rate, fast drying and good quality of end-products. To achieve the aforementioned objectives, we have been conducting several studies including our previous publications (Pan, Khir etal. and this study). The outcomes of our studies have clearly indicated that a high heating rate, fast drying, good quality and simultaneous drying and disinfestation can be achieved by IR heating of rough rice to bout 60C followed by tempering and natural cooling with tested bed thickness up to 10mm. Consequently, IR heating followed by cooling could be an effective approach for designing IR rough rice dryers. It is expected that this alternative approach could be used as an energy saving drying method with improved drying efficiency, space saving, clean working environment and superior product quality compared with the conventional heated air drying method. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Khir, Ragab
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
Egypt, Ismailia
Faculty of Agriculture
Pan, Zhongli J.
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
United States, Albany
Usda Ars Western Regional Research Center Wrrc
Thompson, James F.
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
ElSayed, Adel
Egypt, Ismailia
Faculty of Agriculture
Hartsough, Bruce R.
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
el-Amir, Mohamed S.
Egypt, Ismailia
Faculty of Agriculture
Statistics
Citations: 34
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1745-4549.2012.00791.x
ISSN:
01458892
e-ISSN:
17454549
Research Areas
Cancer
Environmental