Modeling and simulation in distributed parameters for a dryer of cocoa beans

This paper presents a model in distributed parameters for a drying plant of cocoa beans. The plant is composed of a combustion chamber, an air fan thrust and a drying chamber integrated by a rotating cylinder. The model was developed in the EcosimPro® platform, in wich the process of simulation, sen...

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Published in:2015 CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON) pp. 41 - 47
Main Author: Rosero, P. Parra
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.10.2015
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Summary:This paper presents a model in distributed parameters for a drying plant of cocoa beans. The plant is composed of a combustion chamber, an air fan thrust and a drying chamber integrated by a rotating cylinder. The model was developed in the EcosimPro® platform, in wich the process of simulation, sensitivity analysis and estimation of parameters were implemented. For the optimization and validation of the model were used real plant data. This research examines a valid alternative to artificial drying of cocoa beans.
DOI:10.1109/Chilecon.2015.7400350