Afshar, S.; Jubaer, H.; Chen, B.; Xiao, J.; Chen, X. D.; Woo, M. W.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Self-sustained fluctuating airflow behaviour in spray drying chambers is in essence an unsteady phenomenon requiring the transient CFD simulation framework. There is currently, however, a mixture of steady state and ...
[EN] Drying is one of the most energy intensive unit operations. It easily accounts for up to 15% of all industrial energy consumption. In the most drying processes heat is required to evaporate moisture which is later ...
Suárez Martínez, Guillermo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-01-14)
Se controlará utilizando diferentes técnicas una planta virtualizada en un computador mediante el programa LabVIEW, siendo el controlador un PLC S7-1214C. Se compararán diversos tipos de controles valorando los límites que ...
Morilla, Fernando; Garrido, Juan; Vázquez, Francisco(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2013-01-13)
[ES] La interacción entre variables es una característica inherente de los procesos multivariables, que dificulta su operación y el diseño de sus sistemas de control. Bajo el paradigma de Control por desacoplo se agrupan ...
Mercader, P.; Cánovas, C. D.; Baños, A.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-12-13)
[EN] This document presents the proposal of the authors to the Control Engineering Benchmark 2016, organized by the Control Engineering Group of the Spanish Committee of Automatica. This is the winner design in the ...
Schaaf, M.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-07-01)
[ES] La principal tecnología de fusión-conversión de concentrados de cobre empleada en Chile es el Convertidor Teniente. Este proceso presenta una compleja dinámica debido a que combina el ingreso de flujos continuo con ...
[EN] Air drying kinetics of Bifurcaria bifurcata brown seaweed at 35, 50, 60 and 75°C were determined. Experimental drying data were modelled using two-parameter Page model (n, k). Page parameter n was constant (1.28) at ...
Bahloul, Neila; Balti, M. A.; Guellouze, M. S.; Kechaou, Nabil(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The present study aims to find the best drying method to minimize the duration of the operation while respecting the nutritional value of the product. Experiments of convective drying and microwave radiation were ...
[EN] The drying of Eucalyptus nitens is a troublesome process as the species is extremely prone to drying defects. This paper reports ongoing research to improve the understanding of surface checking and cell collapse in ...
Francés Pardo, Francisco(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-09-06)
[ES] El sector de la construcción presenta los índices de productividad más bajos de todos los sectores salvo el agrario. La excesiva mano de obra artesanal o la fragmentación del tejido empresarial suelen proponerse como ...
[EN] Commercial drying methods are limited either by high production costs or significant quality loss due to process-related stresses. The near-ubiquitous use of freeze-drying in the pharmaceutical industry makes it the ...
Palmero Gallent, Javier(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-10-11)
[ES] La actual naturaleza de los proyectos de construcción revela la necesidad de colaboración entre las diferentes disciplinas que definen el mismo. Es por ello que resulta necesario la generación de un documento que ...
[EN] Pore-network simulations are carried out for monomodal and bimodal pore structures with spatially correlated pore-size distributions. The internal and surface relationships between the partial vapor pressure and ...
Durán Gómez, Pablo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-10-17)
[ES] El objetivo de este proyecto consiste en el diseño de un sistema que permita controlar un conjunto
caldera turbina de una central de fuel óleo. El modelo de la central presenta una fuerte no linealidad
y acoplamiento ...
Pérez Pérez, Tamara(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-06-22)
[EN] This final degree project involves the development of a quality management system based on the international standard ISO 9001: 2008, for a company in the process of formalization as such.
For a greater understanding ...
[EN] Thermal properties of brown seaweeds (Saccharina latissima) were determined using DSC technique in the temperature range between -150.0 and 50.0 °C. The following phase transitions were detected: glass transitions, ...
[EN] his study discusses the influence of temperature and total moisture content on ice fraction in organic apples during atmospheric freeze-drying process. The ice formation of glass transition events were described by ...
Ruprecht, Nora; Kohlus, Reinhard(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The residence time distribution (RTD) in a pilot plant spray dryer was characterised for two kinds of air distributors (centrifugal and parallel flow) and for different atomizing air pressures. To determine the RTD - ...
Chigozie, Offurum; Morgan, C.M.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The water content determination of two maize species (Yellow corn- and White corn- ) located at Ohaji in Imo State of Nigeria were considered in this study. This was motivated by the regular reported cases of the ...