Abstract
Whole grains of gelatinized durum and soft wheat were dried by forced
and natural convection at 40, 60, 80, and 100�C. Magnetic resonance
images taken periodically during drying indicated that Fick's diffusion
is not applicable to describe the moisture transfer during drying
of the gelatinized wheat grains. A simple mathematical model based
on overall moisture balance fitted the experimental data very well.
The drying took place in the falling rate period, which was approximated
by two regions - first and second falling rate periods (FFRP and
SFRP). The internal drying coefficient linearly increased with increasing
drying temperature, and was almost an order of magnitude (from 104
to 105 s-1) higher during FFRP than SFRP. The soft wheat dried faster
than the durum wheat. The effect of forced convection was more pronounced
during FFRP than SFRP.
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