A Numerical Analysis Heat And Mass Transfer On Drying Process Of Agricultural Product Using Finite Element Method: Inhomogeneous Moisture Case

Research Article
Sayahdin Alfat, Rahmat and Suryawan Asfar
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0903.1842
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Cocoa Bean, Heat and Mass Transfer, Convection Process, Axisymmetry System, Finite Element Method
Abstract: 

A 2D modeling of heat and mass transfer on drying process phenomena has been simulated very well. The model based on Luikov couple equation on axisymmetric coordinate and the rule of finite element method. There were assumption in this research, such as; (1) the temperature and moisture content of agricultural product was not uniform at initial condition, (2) there was not heat generation inside the product, (3) all boundaries were contact with the surrounding hot air, (4) water diffusion (moisture diffusion) outward toward the surface of product, and (5) the physical properties of products were function of temperature and moisture. This research have some objectives and divided on two sections, first, setup of computation domain on two sub-domains, and second, investigation of heat and mass transfer on agricultural product. The result of this study show that increasing of temperature in the surface is very fast than in the center of cocoa bean. Future work, we will investigate drying process phenomena by combining air velocity variation and temperature.