TY - JOUR
TI - Computational fluid dynamics analysis for improving temperature distribution in a chili dryer
AU - Carrera Escobedo José L
AU - Ortiz Rivera Arquímedes
AU - Guzman Valdivia César H
AU - Garcia Ruiz Mario A
AU - Desiga Orenday Omar
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2018
VL - 22
IS - 6
SP - 2615
EP - 2623
PT - Article
AB - Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a numerical tool that is highly  accurate to simulate a very large number of applications and processes. The  CFD analysis has emerged as a viable technique to provide effective and  efficient design solutions. In this paper, a CFD analysis for improving  temperature distribution in a chili dryer is presented. The CFD technique is  used to simulate the temperature distribution inside the chamber. For this  purpose, the continuity, momentum and energy equations are considered. The  results obtained by CFD analysis based on a specific geometry are presented  in order to improve the temperature distribution. In addition, these results  were verified experimentally. The distribution of temperatures showed small  differences around 4 K during the warming up period. The simulation and  experimental results can be useful for further designs of chili dryers with  different specific geometries.