SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR MONITORING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF FREEZE-DRIED SAMPLES: A SIMPLE AND LOW-COST APPROACH

Original scientific paper

Authors

  • Vanessa Dal-Bó Federal University of São Carlos, Department of Chemical Engineering, Drying Center of Pastes, Suspensions and Seeds, Rod. Washington Luiz, km 235, P.O. Box 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7791-4976
  • Heitor Otacílio Nogueira Altino Federal University of São Carlos, Department of Chemical Engineering, Drying Center of Pastes, Suspensions and Seeds, Rod. Washington Luiz, km 235, P.O. Box 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil and Federal University of Uberlandia, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Av. João Naves de Ávila, 2121, Block 1K, 38408-100 Uberlândia, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9888-1904
  • José Teixeira Freire Federal University of São Carlos, Department of Chemical Engineering, Drying Center of Pastes, Suspensions and Seeds, Rod. Washington Luiz, km 235, P.O. Box 676, 13565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8412-6801

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ220821016D

Keywords:

lyophilization, drying, freezing, heating temperature, Arduino, avocado

Abstract

The data acquisition from the freeze-drying process is important for obtaining freeze-dried samples with the desired final moisture content under various operating conditions. The current study extensively presents a simple and low-cost methodology for implementing a data acquisition system in a laboratory-scale freeze dryer. The results showed that higher drying temperatures (40 °C) increased the errors involved in measuring the mass of material; nevertheless, the application of correction blank curves statistically significantly reduced those errors. In general, the system developed provided precise and accurate measurements of the temporal changes in the sample mass and temperature, and chamber pressure variations, allowing monitoring of the production process of freeze-dried samples with low final moisture contents.

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SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FOR MONITORING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF FREEZE-DRIED SAMPLES: A SIMPLE AND LOW-COST APPROACH: Original scientific paper. (2023). Chemical Industry & Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 30(2), 111-122. https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ220821016D

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