EDDY – Enhanced Drying: From Drying Kinetic Experiments to A Digital Twin of the Drying Process

Beschreibung

EDDY - Enhanced Drying focuses on the advancement of industrial drying processes in collaboration with two industrial partners engaged in drying of food products. The initiative employs three approaches to enhance the existing drying procedures, namely an experimental study of drying kinetics, inline product moisture measurements, and process optimization with the help of a digital twin. This work shows the path from the experimental study of drying kinetics and its use to a digital twin of the industrial drying process. The drying kinetic is evaluated using a recently constructed continuous gravimetry drying apparatus, utilizing a methodology of the characteristic drying curve (CDC). The drying curve serves as a basis for the mathematical description of the industrial drying process. The model of the drying process is used to anticipate the effects of various environmental and process parameters on the final product. A key role plays the inline measurement of the product moisture with newly developed near infrared (NIR) sensors to feed the digital twin with real world process data. The primary goal is to ensure product quality under varying operating conditions e.g., weather conditions and enable energy and economic savings.

Zeitraum	11 Apr. 2024
Ereignistitel	International Sustainable Energy Conference - ISEC 2024
Veranstaltungstyp	Konferenz
Ort	Graz, ÖsterreichAuf Karte anzeigen
Bekanntheitsgrad	International