Abstract
The application of irreversible thermodynamics offers a formal treatment for drying analysis that allows the evaluation of intra-particle or intra-medium temperature and moisture profiles, and enthalpy, liquid, and vapor fluxes. However, researchers have claimed that its implementation is complex. This work presents a simple methodology for modeling, solving, and validating the drying equations, as applied to wheat kernels, and for obtaining the inherent and usually unavailable transport coefficients. To clarify and simplify the ensuing physical analysis, a spherical shape and isotropy were assumed. Additionally, solutions obtained with both Dirichlet and convective boundary conditions were analyzed and compared against experimental data. The thermal and hydro-stresses depend heavily on internal vapor and liquid fluxes and on the respective drying evaporation fronts, all of which were evaluated and compared.
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