Modeling Deep-Bed Grain Drying Using COMSOL Multiphysics®

J.G. Pieters[1], R. ElGamal[1], F. Ronsse[1]
[1]Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ghent, Belgium
发布日期 2013

CFD simulations were carried out to predict the convective heat and mass transfer coefficients in the rice bed, and correlations were developed for the convective heat and mass transfer coefficients as a function of drying air flow rate. The developed correlations were used to extend the model developed by ElGamal et al. (2013) for thin-layer rice drying to volumetric heat and mass transfer in a deep-bed of rice. All mathematical models were solved using the Comsol Multiphysics® simulation program. The model was used to predict the air temperature, as well as the grain moisture content and temperature at different locations of the dryer during the drying process. The predicted variables of drying were verified by experimental data from literature.