Experimental Evaluation,Simulation and Optimization of a Commercial Heated-Air Batch Hay Drier: Part 2, Computer Simulation and Optimization of Hay Drier Performance |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 5A9;2. Dunlea Farms Limited, Jerseyville, Ontario, Canada, L0R 1R0;1. Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran;2. Department of Postharvest Technology, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Potsdam, Germany;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;1. UCH CEU, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, C/ San Bartolomé, 55, 461150 Alfara del Patriarca, Valencia, Spain;2. LIFTEC, CSIC – Universidad de Zaragoza, Maria de Luna 10, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain;1. Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;2. Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia |
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| Abstract: | The experimental data obtained from the tests conducted on a newly developed heated-air batch hay drier described in Part 1 of this paper were used to validate a computer simulation programme for the drier. The computer simulated and measured temperature data at various locations for the drier agreed reasonably well. The simulation programme was subsequently used to optimize the drying system for minimum total drying costs within set bounds of drying time and overdrying for various initial moisture contents of hay, airflow rate, drying air temperature, hay stack height and batch size. The simulated results are presented as an aid in the management and operation of the drier and as a guide in the design of similar new batch hay driers. |
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