Product quality multi-objective dryer design

Kiranoudis, CT; Maroulis, ZB; Marinos-Kouris, D

dc.contributor.author	Kiranoudis, CT	en
dc.contributor.author	Maroulis, ZB	en
dc.contributor.author	Marinos-Kouris, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:15:05Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:15:05Z
dc.date.issued	1999	en
dc.identifier.issn	0737-3937	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13330
dc.subject	Decision-making	en
dc.subject	Efficient points	en
dc.subject	Mathematical modeling	en
dc.subject	Numerical optimization	en
dc.subject	Pareto optimization	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Chemical	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Mechanical	en
dc.subject.other	Color	en
dc.subject.other	Cost effectiveness	en
dc.subject.other	Decision making	en
dc.subject.other	Drying	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical programming	en
dc.subject.other	Operations research	en
dc.subject.other	Optimization	en
dc.subject.other	Pareto principle	en
dc.subject.other	Performance	en
dc.subject.other	Product development	en
dc.subject.other	Quality assurance	en
dc.subject.other	Color deviation vector	en
dc.subject.other	Dehydrated products	en
dc.subject.other	Multi objective optimization problem	en
dc.subject.other	Product quality	en
dc.subject.other	Three parameter resultant	en
dc.subject.other	Dryers (equipment)	en
dc.subject.other	conveyor	en
dc.subject.other	design	en
dc.subject.other	dryer	en
dc.subject.other	mathematical modeling	en
dc.title	Product quality multi-objective dryer design	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1080/07373939908917682	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07373939908917682	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1999	en
heal.abstract	Design of conveyor-belt dryers constitutes a mathematical programming problem involving the evaluation of appropriate structural and operational process variables so that total annual plant cost involved is optimized. The increasing need for dehydrated products of the highest quality, imposes the development of new criteria that, together with cost, determine the design rules for drying processes. Quality of dehydrated products is a complex resultant of properties characterizing the final products, where the most important one is color. Color is determined as a three-parameter resultant, whose values for products undergone drying should deviate from the corresponding ones of natural products, as little as possible. In this case, product quality dryer design is a complex multi-objective optimization problem, involving the color deviation vector as an objective function and as constraints the ones deriving from the process mathematical model. The mathematical model of the dryer was developed and the fundamental color deterioration laws were determined for the drying process. Non-preference multi-criteria optimization methods were used and the Pareto-optimal set of efficient solutions was evaluated. An example covering the drying of sliced potato was included to demonstrate the performance of the design procedure, as well as the effectiveness of the proposed approach.Design of conveyor-belt dryers constitutes a mathematical programming problem involving the evaluation of appropriate structural and operational process variables so that total annual plant cost involved is optimized. The increasing need for dehydrated products of the highest quality, imposes the development of new criteria that, together with cost, determine the design rules for drying processes. Quality of dehydrated products is a complex resultant of properties characterizing the final products, where the most important one is color. Color is determined as a three-parameter resultant, whose values for products undergone drying should deviate from the corresponding ones of natural products, as little as possible. In this case, product quality dryer design is a complex multi-objective optimization problem, involving the color deviation vector as an objective function and as constraints the ones deriving from the process mathematical model. The mathematical model of the dryer was developed and the fundamental color deterioration laws were determined for the drying process. Non-preference multicriteria optimization methods were used and the Pareto-optimal set of efficient solutions was evaluated. An example covering the drying of sliced potato was included to demonstrate the performance of the design procedure, as well as the effectiveness of the proposed approach.	en
heal.publisher	Marcel Dekker Inc, New York, NY, United States	en
heal.journalName	Drying Technology	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/07373939908917682	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000083319900016	en
dc.identifier.volume	17	en
dc.identifier.issue	10	en
dc.identifier.spage	2251	en
dc.identifier.epage	2270	en