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Non-Isothermal Drying of Medicinal Plants

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Abstract

An intelligent system for non-isothermal drying of medicinal plants, based on machine vision, sensor fusion, and neural network, was developed. Air temperature, velocity, and humidity, along with material size and moisture content were inputs to the neural model for diffusivity. Temperature, time, mass, volume, and color were inputs to the neural model for quality. Isothermal low-temperature drying of ginseng root and blueberry showed extremely low effective diffusivity (0.2–0.75)*10−10 m2/s. In contrast, non-isothermal drying demonstrated a potential to increase diffusivity and prevent quality losses. Testing of the intelligent drying system showed reduced drying time from 240 to 60 hours for ginseng, and from 110 to 30 hours for blueberry with desired product quality.

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