UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN KIMIA HEAT & MASS TRANSFER LABORATORY (CHE504) NAME: STUDENT NO : MUHAMAD IBNU HAKIM BIN SHUHAINI 2017632072 MOHAMAD NORAFIQ BIN ZULKEPLI 2017632138 NORHAYATI BINTI AB RAHMAN 2017632114 NURUL NAJIHAH BINTI JAAFAR 2017632056 NURLINA SYAHIIRAH BINTI MD TAHIR 2017632214 GROUP : EH2204I EXPERIMENT : TRAY DRYER (L1) (GROUP REPORT) DATE PERFORMED : 29th MARCH 2018 SEMESTER :4 PROGRAMME / CODE : CHEMICAL ENGINEERING / EH220 SUBMIT TO : MADAM SYAFIZA BINTI ABD HASHIB No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Title Abstract/Summary Introduction Aims Theory Apparatus Methodology/Procedure Results Calculations Discussion Conclusion Recommendations Reference Appendix TOTAL MARKS Allocated Marks (%) Marks 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 20 10 5 5 5 100 Remarks: Checked by: Rechecked by: --------------------------- --------------------------- Date: Date: TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0 ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... 2 2.0 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................... 3 3.0 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................... 4 4.0 THEORY ....................................................................................................................... 5 5.0 MATERIALS & APPARATUS ................................................................................... 7 6.0 METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 8 7.0 RESULTS ...................................................................................................................... 9 8.0 CALCULATIONS ...................................................................................................... 12 9.0 DISCUSSION .............................................................................................................. 13 10.0 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................... 16 11.0 RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................................ 17 12.0 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................ 18 13.0 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................. 19 LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 1 1.0 ABSTRACT Tray dryers are the simplest and least-expensive dryer type which operates by passing hot air over the surface of a wet solid that is spread over trays arranged in racks. Drying is a mass transfer process that involves removal of relatively small amounts of water or moisture contents from a material or a process stream. The purpose of the experiment is to conduct a drying process on banana fruits in order to determine its drying rate, moisture content, and the effect of velocity of air on the drying rate of the banana. The banana is sliced thinly and arranged in the tray. The mass of banana is weighted before and after the experiment. During the experiment, the mass of banana is recorded every 10 minutes. The moisture content and the drying rate decreases over time. The drying curve of the banana follows the theoretical drying curve. Drying times comparison with other types of batch dryers show the trays dryer as the least effective. The objectives are successfully obtained therefore the experiment is successfully done. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 2 2.0 INTRODUCTION Drying is a mass transfer process that involves removal of relatively small amounts of water or moisture contents from a material or a process stream. In industries, drying process is often used as the final step operation before packaging and selling products. The final product from drying process must be in solid form, because all the moisture contents is being dried up. There are many methods of drying such as application of hot air, contact drying, dielectric drying, freezing drying and supercritical drying. This method of drying involves with different type of drying equipment such as Tray dryers, Vacuum-shelf indirect dryers, Continuous tunnel dryers, Rotary dryers, Drum dryers and Spray dryers. The common type of dryers uses in many industrial applications involves tray dryers as their drying operation. The dryers are made of tray held in a cabinet, which is connected to a source of heated air. The operation mechanism of tray drying is the heat is channelled by an air current sweeping across the trays, by conduction from heated trays or heated shelves on which the trays lie, or by radiation from heated surfaces. The tray must be tight-fitting in the cabinet to air form bypassing the material that needed to be dried. The drying time by using tray dryers usually need a longer time. In industries, tray dryer operates about 12 to 48 hours for solids to be dried. This is because tray dryers required low capital and maintenance cost but it have poor control and chances to produces more variable product quality. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 3 3.0 OBJECTIVES There were several objectives in conducting the experiment: 1) To determine the drying rate and moisture content of the sample through removal of water. 2) The effect of velocity of air on drying rate of the sample by performing drying process. 3) To learn how to operate the tray dryer. 4) To compare tray dryers with other types of batch dryers. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 4 4.0 THEORY Tray dryer operates by passing hot air over the surface of a wet solid that is spread over trays arranged in racks. Tray dryers are the simplest and least-expensive dryer type. This type is most widely used in the food and pharmaceutical industries. The advantage of tray dryers, apart from their low initial cost, is their versatility. With the exception of dusty solids, materials of almost any other physical form may be dried. Drying times are typically long (usually 12 to 48 h). Drying process can be defined as the vaporization and removal of water or other liquids from a solution, suspension, or other solid-liquid mixture to form a dry solid. It is a process that involves heat and mass transfer. Drying occurs as a result of the vaporization of liquid by supplying heat to wet feedstock, granules, and so on. Based on the mechanism of heat transfer, drying is categorized into direct (convection), indirect or contact (conduction), radiant (radiation) and dielectric or microwave (radio frequency) drying. Heat transfer and mass transfer are crucial in drying processes. Heat is supplied to the product to evaporate the liquid contained, and mass is transferred as a vapor into the surrounding gas. The drying rate is determined by the set of factors that affect heat and mass transfer. Solids drying is generally understood to follow two distinct drying zones, known as the constant-rate period and the falling-rate period. The two zones are demarcated by a break point called the critical moisture content. In a typical graph of moisture content versus drying rate and moisture content versus time (Figure 1), section AB represents the constant-rate period. In that zone, moisture is considered to be evaporating from a saturated surface at a rate governed by diffusion from the surface through the stationary air film that is in contact with it. This period depends on the air temperature, humidity and speed of moisture to the surface, which in turn determine the temperature of the saturated surface. During the constant rate period, liquid must be transported to the surface at a rate sufficient to maintain saturation. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 5 Figure 1 - Segment AB of the graph represents the constant-rate drying period, while segment BC is the falling-rate period (Parikh, 2014) At the end of the constant rate period, (point B, Figure 1), a break in the drying curve occurs. This point is called the critical moisture content, and a linear fall in the drying rate occurs with further drying. This section, segment BC, is called the first falling-rate period. As drying proceeds, moisture reaches the surface at a decreasing rate and the mechanism that controls its transfer will influence the rate of drying. Since the surface is no longer saturated, it will tend to rise above the wet bulb temperature. This section, represented by segment CD in Figure 1 is called the second falling-rate period, and is controlled by vapor diffusion. Movement of liquid may occur by diffusion under the concentration gradient created by the depletion of water at the surface. The gradient can be caused by evaporation, or as a result of capillary forces, or through a cycle of vaporization and condensation, or by osmotic effects. The amount of the air (gas) stream to absorb and carry away moisture determines the drying rate and establishes the duration of the drying cycle. The two elements essential to this process are inlet air temperature and air flowrate. Theoretically, the higher the temperature of the drying air, the greater its vapor holding capacity. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 6 5.0 MATERIALS & APPARATUS 5.1 MATERIAL 1) Banana 5.2 APPARATUS 1) Knife 2) Chopping Board 3) Tray Dryer Training Unit CE – 130. 4) Anemometer. Figure 2 - Tray Dryer Training Unit CE130 used for the Experiment (a) (b) Figure 3 - (a) Digital Balance located as part of the Tray Dryer Unit used to weight the banana, (b) Anemometer used to determine the velocity of the air inside the Tray Dryer Unit LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 7 6.0 METHODOLOGY 6.1 Start-up procedures: 1) The main switch of the tray dryer machine is opened. 2) Then, the fan power was opened, and the toggle turned to the lowest speed. 3) Lastly, the heater was opened, and the toggle turned to scale 7. 6.2 Preparation procedures: 1) The drying trays has been washed to remove any filthiness. 2) The mass of drying trays is measured by inserted into the support frame. The data were recorded. 3) The bananas are sliced thinly and been arranged together in the entire tray for all tray. 4) The tray filled with banana slices then being weight by inserted the tray into the supporting frame. The data were recorded. 5) The initial temperature and humidity were recorded. Then the initial air flow inside the tray dryers is measured by using anemometer and the reading were recorded. 6) Then, all of the data were recorded for every 10 minutes in 90 minutes time of the drying process. 7) After 90 minutes, all the trays were taken out from the dryer machine and cleaned. 6.3 Shut-down procedures: 1) The heater toggle was turned to scale 0. Then, the heater and fan switch were turned off. 2) The main switch of the tray dryer machined was turned off. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 8 7.0 RESULTS Mass of tray (4 Tray) = 1390.5 g Mass of tray + banana = 2399.5 g Mass of banana = 1009.0 g Table 7.1: Temperature, Humidity, Velocity and Mass Properties of Banana at The Respective Time Time Temperature Humidity Velocity Mass of Banana (min) (โฆC) (%) (m/s) (g) T1 T2 H1 H2 0 57.2 52.5 07.2 00.5 0.71 1009.0 10 57.1 51.4 07.3 00.5 0.67 966.8 20 56.9 50.7 07.3 00.5 0.79 920.7 30 56.3 50.5 07.3 00.5 0.61 874.5 40 55.6 50.3 07.4 00.5 0.78 839.0 50 55.5 50.1 07.4 00.5 0.96 807.4 60 55.2 50.0 07.4 00.5 0.93 776.3 70 56.1 50.5 07.4 00.5 0.46 753.1 80 56.8 51.5 07.3 00.5 0.79 727.1 90 57.4 52.0 07.3 00.5 0.73 704.9 LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 9 Table 7.2: Drying Rate and Moisture Content Time (min) Mass of banana Moisture content Drying rate (kg) (v) (min-1) 0 1.009 0.4314 0.00599 10 0.9668 0.3715 0.00654 20 0.9207 0.3061 0.00655 30 0.8745 0.2406 0.00504 40 0.8390 0.1902 0.00448 50 0.8074 0.1454 0.00441 60 0.7763 0.1013 0.00329 70 0.7531 0.0684 0.00369 80 0.7271 0.0315 0.00315 90 0.7049 0 0 MOISTURE CONTENT MOISTURE CONTENT VS TIME 0.5 0.45 0.4 0.35 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.15 0.1 0.05 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 TIME Figure 4 - Graph of Moisture Content versus Time The graph shows the moisture content of banana decreases when the time increase. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 10 DRYING RATE DRYING RATE VS TIME 0.008 0.007 0.006 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.002 0.001 0 0 20 40 60 TIME (MIN) 80 100 Figure 5 - Graph of Drying Rate versus Time The graph shows slight increase in drying rate from time 0 min to 20 min then decrease until time 40 min. From time 40 min to 50 min the drying rate is approximately constant. At time 50 min to 60 min, the graph shows slight increase before drop rapidly at time 80 min to 90 min. DRYING RATE VS MOISTURE CONTENT 0.007 DRYING RATE 0.006 0.005 0.004 0.003 0.002 0.001 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 MOISTURE CONTENT 0.4 0.5 Figure 6 - Graph of Drying Rate versus Moisture Content (Drying Curve) The graph shows the drying rate increases when the moisture content increase from 0% moisture up to 0.32% moisture. However, at about 0.07% moisture until 0.1% the graph shows decrease in the drying rate. At 0.32% until 0.38% moisture the drying rate remains constant. Before declining until about 0.42% moisture content. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 11 8.0 CALCULATIONS Provided that the total mass of wet banana and tray are 2.400kg and mass of tray is 1.391kg, Mass balance: Mass in = mass out ๐๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐๐ ) = ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ + ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ Mass Of Water Evaporated = 1.009 − 0.705 = 0.304 kg ๐๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฏ = ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ – ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ (๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ) ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐ (๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ) Example: (1) = 1.0009 − 0.705 = 0.4314 0.705 (2) = 0.967 − 0.705 = 0.3715 0.705 By recording the sample weight every 10 minutes; ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ = ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ (๐๐) – ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ (๐๐) ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ Example: (1) = 0.4314 − 0.3715 = 0.00599kg/min 10 (2) = 0.3715 − 0.3061 = 0.00654kg/min 10 LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 12 9.0 DISCUSSION Drying basically known as a process of removal of relatively small amounts of water from material. In the drying process the water is usually removed as a vapor by air. For this experiment, the drying process classified as batch which is the material was inserted into the drying equipment and the drying process proceeds for a given period of time. The study of this experiment is the drying curve based on the moisture content of the banana within the time taken. Theoretically the dryer occurs in this experiment by the supply of heat into the banana samples and use the air velocity in order passed over a heated element that act as mass transfer to evaporate the moisture contain in banana. From the result, the humidity from the experiment recorded in Table 7.1 according time taken to dry banana sample for every 10 minutes. Humidity of an air-water can be defined as kg of water vapor contained in 1kg of dry air. The first humidity that recorded at the first 10 minutes is 7.3 for H1 and 0.5 for H2 with the temperature of 57.1 and 51.4โฆC respectively. Meanwhile, for this experiment, as we can see that the humidity value only gives a small amount of changes which is from 7.3% to 7.5% during the drying process of banana until the end of the experiment. So that, its mean that the water vapor that contain in 1kg dry air does not change. This situation occurs because of the lack of efficiency of equipment. Noted that in this experiment, the value of H1 and T1 was the humidity and temperature at early before tray inserted into the dryer while H2 and T2 after the drying process. Besides, Table 7.2 shows the moisture content that contain in the banana which is 0.4314 until 0 and drying rate of the banana sample from 0.00599min to 0. The moisture content of banana decreases proportionally with time taken. Graph in Figure 4 shows the moisture content of banana will decrease when the time increase. In this experiment, the initial mass of banana used 1009.0 g, then the weight of banana reduced from the starting of experiment until the end for every 10 minutes can be used to calculate the moisture contain in banana. The moisture content decreased as the time increase because the water in the banana vaporized when the dry air flow through the banana. After the surface of the banana dried that shows the moisture different, the concentration between upper and bottom of the banana also different. So that, the transferred of the remaining moisture forms from bottom to the top of banana sample which is known as diffusion process occur. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 13 Furthermore, the drying rate with time taken also recorded in this experiment and the result show that the drying rate will take a short time when the time is increasing for every 10 minutes until 90 minutes. Graph in Figure 5 shows the trend of the decreasing of drying rate of banana. Meanwhile, the drying rate are decreasing fluctuate and not stable because the error in collecting data from the experiment. Next, for overall result, the drying rate and moisture content of banana also being analysed at the end of this experiment. Graph in Figure 6 illustrate the pattern of relation between drying rate and moisture content of banana. This shows that when the banana contains high moisture, the drying process will take a longer time to dry it. In this graph, one part of this graph shows the constant rate and falling rate of drying process. Constant rate is the rate where the drying at stable and when the banana reaches the critical moisture content while falling rate take a longer time. Figure 7 - The Drying Curve for the Banana Fruits The drying rate and moisture content is also affected by the velocity of the air inside the system. Although the speed of the fan is set constant at the lowest speed, based on the results, there are changes in the velocity present. This could happen due to the equipment is not well maintain making the surrounding air affecting the system in the dryer unit or the equipment itself is at fault. At the end of the experiment, we can analyse that the result from the experiment using batch dryer is acceptable. Since over a period of time, the moisture content is fully removed and the drying curve shows the same pattern as the theoretical one. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 14 Table 9.1: Comparison Between Tray Dryers and Various Types of Batch Dyers Types of Dryers Mechanism of Drying Drying Times Tray Dryers Hot air passing over the surface of a wet solid that is Typically, long spread over trays arranged in racks. (12 to 48 h) Heat is supplied by passing steam through hollow Typically, long shelves. (12 to 48 h) Fluidized-Bed A preheated stream of air enters from the bottom of Faster than tray dryer Dryers the product container holding the product to be dried with the same feed Vacuum Dryers and fluidized it. Freeze Dryers Dehydration process. The material is freeze and the Faster than tray dryer surrounding pressure is reduced allowing the frozen with the same feed water in the material to sublimate directly from solid to gas phase. (Parikh D. , 2015) Microwave High-frequency radio waves are utilized in Fast (50% reduction Vacuum Dryers microwave drying. The radiation from the bulk in drying times heating causes the solvent to vaporize in the pores of compared to vacuum the material. drying. However, comparing the batch tray dryer equipment with various other batch dryers, the tray dryers seems to be less effective compared to the others. Based on references from (Parikh D. , 2015), (Choudhary, n.d.), and (Parikh D. M., 2014), although vacuum dryers show the same drying times with tray dryers, the energy consumption and heat required within the same time is much lesser as compared to tray dryers. Therefore, since microwave vacuum dryer will reduce as far 50% from the drying times compared to vacuum drying, similarly could happen when compared to tray dryers. Fluidized-bed dryer also more efficient because its container equipment with vertical jets of hot gases from the uniform transfer of thermal energy from a hot gas stream to a moisture product, removed the mixture with flashed off method that could give an effective drying than tray dryers. Since freeze dryers using dehydration process which directly involve the item to dried itself making the moisture content of the item to be removed in anyway faster than tray dryers. Last but not least, the effectiveness of a drying equipment is however depending on the physical and chemical properties of the item to be dried such as the moisture content, and the size of the item. 10.0 CONCLUSION Based on the data and graph plotted, it can be concluded that the objectives of the experiment were achieved. The results of the drying process performed on the solid sample were consistent with the theory which is the moisture content and the drying rate decreasing over time. The velocity of the air highly depends on the fan of the drying unit. Since the speed of the fan is set constant, the changes in the velocity is due to the outside air or faulty equipment. The experiment conducted was running smoothly except for a condition where the equipment was not well-maintained. In fact, troubleshoot the experiments is important as it yields error in the results obtained. Therefore, since the objective is successfully obtained, the experiment is successfully done. 11.0 RECOMMENDATIONS In order to faster the rate of drying, instead of setting the fan at the lowest speed, a higher speed will yield to a better result. The banana fruits will dry up in a much faster rate. Besides, increasing the temperature of the air could also be done to increase the rate of drying. Since, higher rate of drying will make the moisture content to be decreasing faster. The equipment should undergo maintenance regularly to ensure the accurateness of data. Since, the velocity of the fan seems to undergoes slight changes though have been set constant. The equipment should also well-insulated to prevent heat from inside the system to be released to the surroundings which resulting in slower drying rate. The air circulation within the dryer can be improved to reduce the drying time and allows the use of lower temperature. LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 17 12.0 REFERENCES Artin Afacan, J. M. (1984). Tray Drying Of Solids. Retrieved April 10, 2018, from University of Florida Digital Collections: http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/AA/00/00/03/83/00083/AA00000383_00083_132.pdf Choudhary, A. (n.d.). Principle and Working Of Fluidized Bed Dryer (FBD). 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Retrieved April 10, 2018, from Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14298479 LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 18 13.0 APPENDICES Figure 8 - Students Putting 4 Trays of Banana Slice into the Tray Dryer Training Unit Figure 9 - Control Panel of The Tray Dryer Unit LAB REPORT ON TRAY DRYER (L1) 19 *tzprrrlen\ Traq b,uar- Ct-t)Ccrxrp 3) -femperrrirrr -lime T t7.e- Crnrn) h lo 5+. I s6.? s'b,b 3t, Humidi\ Lot) 67') o*'3 ol'3 sr ,* I SS,a fi) bo ss,s ss,r 10 qo' Qt) o- .r oo,5 o.*t I ro,o a g ,6+ At'V oo,q oY.y So,S 8-o %,8 -sl,l \o sv, ,{ 9),r: o'1,3 O'?.b ' 0,fi o.6t O'78 o,ga o'1,r+ I Cmlc) od'S oo'5 01,, s(), [+] 00, on'b 5V /) ,lo mors h\ T" .90' \/elut.1 C'1,) looQ o ?Le -r q?o,t7 p i +.s ezl,o Q, 01,A cro,S o.?7 oo,5 o,{6 OO,9 o.19 '7S 3 ,t -7 17.t oo;S o,17 10q,q I 110,4 ttt tl !r r 1 tllt tl Ma* o$ = i+ tragr I *ftnre cffrEn) ._-.._' rnaJl PrUmE 'r".te cnl (nnrn*9 huff of Iq) - r311,1 Q)65, O ,lru,l * licl0'r bo nuncr fv\(rst 3 = 2,qq -r3 malJ o[ .f.a3 i a{ bar] 0n{J , Iffi'9g