Abstract

BOMBINO MATOS, Eugenio F.; ROCA ALARCON, Guillermo A.  and  MARIN MORAN, Jorge E.. Modulation of sugar cane bagasse pneumatic drying in a vortex. Ingeniería Mecánica [online]. 2013, vol.16, n.3, pp.194-201. ISSN 1815-5944.

Taking in account the studies carried out about the vortex movement of bagasse particles, the study of pneumatic drying of this important biomass was carried out considering the heat and mass transfer. The drying process was modeled through the fundamentals equations which describe the kinetic of it and the obtained results were compared with results reported in the specialized literature on drying measurements in others kinds of bagasse pneumatics dryers under the same conditions of operation. This modulation permitted to made simulations of this process which produced acceptable results about the decrease humidity values of bagasse and it will permit to continue in the development of next studies about this topic because it is evident that it is possible to reduce bagasse dryer dimensions.

Keywords : pneumatic vortex drying; bagasse drying; mathematical modeling.

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