MODELING OF GREEN TEA DRYING PROCESS

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Authors

K.B. FAM, Postgraduate, P.M. MURASHEV, Postgraduate, V.N. BOGATIKOV, Dr. Sc.

Abstract

The paper describes the design and simulation using MatLab and Simulink process of drying green tea in a conveyor belt dryer with fuzzy approximation of the dependence of the equilibrium moisture content of tea on its relative humidity and temperature. On the basis of comparison of calculated curves for the developed model, as well as on the basis of available experimental data on drying of green tea in a conveyor dryer the conclusion about their satisfactory convergence was made. The obtained models are recommended for practical application.

Keywords

green tea drying, fuzzy set theory, drying mathematical model, equilibrium moisture, green tea moisture.