Microwave Vacuum Drying of Porous Media

This paper deals with experimental results obtained on a laboratory scale dryer. Two porous media were dried, a packing of initially water saturated glass beads and a packing of initially unsaturated pharmaceutical granules. For the first one, the main parameter is permeability of the bed varying th...

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Main Authors: Pantea, M., Molnar, Carmen, Soproni, D., Hathazi, F.I., Coroiu, Laura
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Desiccation
Drugs
Drying
Electromagnetic heating
Glass
Information technology
Kinetic theory
Microwave
Permeability
Pharmaceuticals
Production
Raw materials
Solvents
Vacuum
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Summary:This paper deals with experimental results obtained on a laboratory scale dryer. Two porous media were dried, a packing of initially water saturated glass beads and a packing of initially unsaturated pharmaceutical granules. For the first one, the main parameter is permeability of the bed varying the beads diameter and for the second one it is the porosity of the bed varying the amount of product. These experiments were carried out at fixed incident power and pressure level. During the first period of drying, it was observed that permeability was a limiting parameter to internal mass transfers when free liquid water is expulsed, revealing high gas pressure gradients inside the product. They occur when we have a massive vaporization with ebullition. As for the porosity of the granules bed, it has no effect on mass transfers. During the second period, we have no influence of both parameters on the drying kinetics. In the last period, so in the hygroscopic field or below the irreducible saturation, the internal mass transfers are governed by the electromagnetic energy absorption.
DOI:10.1109/TELSKS.2007.4376094