Luqman, Abdul Halim and Mohamad Firdaus, Basrawi and Ahmmad Shukrie, Md Yudin and Nurul Aini, Razali and Ahmad Syazwan, Ramli (2024) Multi-angle swirling fluidized bed drying of stingless bees pot-pollen. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series; 7th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Research 2023, ICMER 2023 , 12 - 13 September 2023 , Kuantan. pp. 1-9., 2688 (1). ISSN 1742-6588 (print); 1742-6596 (online)
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Abstract
Pot-pollen is another stingless bee product, a mixture of pollen, honey, and bee enzyme stored in cerumen pots. Pot-pollen is protein rich and have therapeutic properties. However, they contain high moisture rendering them susceptible to microbial and fungi growth which will lead to spoilage without proper storage. Conventional methods to remove moisture includes sun drying, oven drying, and food dehydrators. However, they can be unhygienic, reduce pot-pollen quality, and lengthy drying time. Swirling fluidized bed dryer (SFBD) is a promising alternative as they have rapid drying time without damaging the nutrients. The addition of multi-angle swirling distributor (MASD) has the potential to improve drying performance without additional energy input. The current study aim to investigate the drying performance of swirling fluidized bed dryer with multi-angle distributor. Raw pot-pollen is dried in a lab scale SFBD at 3.0 m/s using single angle and multi-angle swirling distributors, 6767, 6730, and 6745. The results shown that the multi-angle swirling distributors 6730 and 6745 improved the drying performance of SFBD, by 17.1 % and 6.5 %, respectively. The best drying performance is shown by the 6730 distributor. Thus, multi-angle SFBD is able to rapidly dry the heat-sensitive stingless bee pot-pollen and represented significant improvement from single angle SFBD.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture) |
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| Additional Information: | Indexed by Scopus |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dryers (equipment); Drying; Fluidized beds; Spoilage |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Faculty/Division: | Institute of Postgraduate Studies Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology Faculty of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering Technology |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Norsaini Abdul Samat |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2024 06:59 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Mar 2024 06:59 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/40796 |
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