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    Undergrad Vacuum Drying Vegetables w/ IR Heaters: Investigating Increased Batch Time

    I am working on a project on vacuum drying vegetables using IR heaters. Before winter batch time was around 3 to 4 hours now it has increased to 6 hours. Any logic behind this as though the temperature drops and RH also drop so why has the time increased?
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    Undergrad Removing moisture from polyester staples

    Thank you for your help. I will go through the link and let you know. Ravindra
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    Undergrad Removing moisture from polyester staples

    As posted removing moisture from 500 kg staples in shortest possible time. I feel vacuum will best option. Ravindra
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    Undergrad Removing moisture from polyester staples

    I want to remove 6% moisture in one hour from 500 kg of polyester staples, which contains 12% moisture using vacuum chamber at maximum temperature of 40´´°¨ C. Can anybody help to design vessel. I can calculate pump capacity.
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    Graduate Free Falling powder in a vacuum

    Thanks for suggestion. Will think over it
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    Graduate Free Falling powder in a vacuum

    Thank you. I agree with you. Particularly when molecular density is 10^18. But have you seen Brian Cox's video. A large feather is falling straight though the surface area of area is very large. Thank you, I can not sort particles. I will try UV as suggested. However I am also looking for any...
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    Graduate Free Falling powder in a vacuum

    I made experiment on "Free Fall". I made a conical hopper of 15 liter volume and a vacuum chamber of , installed hopper upon vacuum chamber of 65 liter volume. Fixed a 2.5" gate valve to discharge powder in vacuum chamber. Connected both, hopper and vacuum chamber to vacuum pump (63 cum/ hr) and...
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    Undergrad Fine & light particels dropped down in vacuum

    Thank you. May I use negative Ion generator? What if silo is grounded?
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    Undergrad Fine & light particels dropped down in vacuum

    Thanks, as you said it must be touch and not friction. Material is already dry and walls are of SS metal.
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    Undergrad Fine & light particels dropped down in vacuum

    May you explain. How static electricity generated.
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    Undergrad Fine & light particels dropped down in vacuum

    I did a experiment. I made a vacuum chamber with a silo on the top. Also provided the butter fly valve between vacuum chamber & silo. Filled the silo with low density powder say 0.2 gm / cc. Created vacuum in silo having powder and vacuum chamber. When I dropped this powder in vacuum chamber...