ANFIS and ANNs model for prediction of moisture diffusivity and specific energy consumption potato, garlic and cantaloupe drying under convective hot air dryer

J Food Process Engineering

Abbaspour‐Gilandeh

et al. 2018

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In this study, different drying conditions were investigated on quality and thermodynamic properties of almond kernel. Experiments were performed using a convection dryer with ultrasound pretreatment in 40, 50, 60, and 70 °C air temperature, 1 m/s air velocity, and duration of ultrasonic pre‐treatment of 0 min (for control sample), 10, 20, and 40 min. The drying kinetic of the almond kernel was estimated by 15 mathematical models. Furthermore, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) and Adaptive Neuro‐Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) were applied to fit the experimental data on the thin layer drying. The lowest and highest values of the effective moisture diffusivity (Deff) was 1.81 × 10−9 and 9.70 × 10−9 m2/s, respectively. Activation energy (Ea) of the samples was obtained between 26.35 and 36.44 kJ/mol. The highest and lowest values of specific energy consumption (SEC) were calculated 561.72 and 169.88 kW hr/kg, respectively. Maximum (13.14%) and the minimum (7.1%) values of shrinkage were achieved at air temperatures of 70 and 40 °C, respectively. The color changing of dried samples was obtained between 9.14 and 17.96. Furthermore, results revealed that the ANFIS model had the high ability to predict the moisture ratio (R2 = 0.9998 and MSE = 0.0003) during drying. As a result, ANFIS model has the highest ability to evaluate all output as compared with other models and ANNs method. Practical applications Algorithms are modern methods that have been successfully applied to solve the various problems and modeling in engineering and science. Drying is one of the oldest procedures to preserve the food quality. Reduction of moisture content to a certain value can be caused to decay and minimize the microbiological activity and deteriorating chemical reactions in agricultural products, respectively. Determination of almond drying process under convective with ultrasound pre‐treatment dryer in terms of desirable thermal properties (effective moisture diffusivity and energy consumption) provides the high‐quality products. Furthermore, this research can be able to provide a technical basis for almond drying and the related equipment designing.

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confidence: 99%

The effect of ultrasound pre‐treatment on quality, drying, and thermodynamic attributes of almond kernel under convective dryer using ANNs and ANFIS network

J Food Process Engineering

Abbaspour‐Gilandeh

et al. 2018

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“…The application potential of ANNs for prediction has dramatically increased the research progress in the past two decades (Abdoli, Zare, Jafari, & Chen, 2018;Jahanbakhshi & Salehi, 2019). A feed forward back propagation (FFBP) multi-layered perceptron (MLP) structure was generally utilized for modeling the physical systems (Kaveh, Jahanbakhshi, Abbaspour-Gilandeh, Taghinezhad, & Moghimi, 2018;Kaveh, Sharabiani, et al, 2018). The MLP structures have a lot of advantages including included easy to use, a little required memory and high ability for learning of complex relationships between input and output data as compared to conventional algorithmic methods (Beigi, Torki-Harchegani, & Tohidi, 2017).…”

Section: Artificial Neural Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Use of artificial intelligence for the estimation of effective moisture diffusivity, specific energy consumption, color and shrinkage in quince drying

Taghinezhad

J Food Process Engineering

et al. 2020

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In the study, drying process of quince fruit was accomplished in a microwave‐convective dryer (MCD). The experiments were carried out at microwave power levels of 100, 200, and 300 W, air temperatures of 40, 55, and 70°C, and air velocities of 0.5, 1, and 1.5 m/s. Nevertheless, three artificial intelligence techniques consisted of artificial neural networks (ANNs), particle swarm optimizer (PSO), and grey wolf optimizer (GWO) were evaluated to predict the parameters of Deff, SEC, ΔE, and Sb. In the evaluation the data by ANNs, input parameters of networks consisted the values of air temperature, microwave power, and air velocity. According to the results, the maximum values of effective moisture diffusivity ( Deff) and specific energy consumption (SEC) were 1.71 × 10−9 m2/s and 126.07 kWh/kg, respectively. In addition, minimum values of total change in color (ΔE) and shrinkage ( Sb) of quince achieved 10.85 and 33.85%, respectively. For predicting all parameters, three models used in the study represented good predictive capability with R2 > 0.97. The obtained results showed that the GWO model had better predictive performance than the ANN and PSO models. Practical Application Drying food and agricultural products by application of microwave‐hot air blend dryers can be a good alternative to hot air and microwave dryers. Microwave energy infiltrates the product and facilitates heat release from the product and thus reduces drying time compared to single dryers. The main aim of applying such different models, mathematical simulation or modeling in the drying technology of agricultural products is to transform physical qualities and their interactions into numerical quantities and mathematical relationships.

“…The product's drying curve moves downwards at a high gradient at the beginning of the process due to the evaporation of surface moisture, and after this time, due to the onset of water penetration from inside the material to the surface, the curve falls at a lower gradient level (Coskun, Doymaz, Tunçkal, & Erdogan, 2017). The reason for this phenomenon is that by increasing air velocity, the vapor pressure of the environment is reduced and, as a result, the MC of the product will face less resistance to exit and will be released more quickly (Elmas, Varhan, & Koç, 2019;Kaveh, Sharabiani, et al, 2018). As the temperature rises, the time required for the product to dry decreases due to increased moisture evaporation rate.…”

Section: Drying Kineticmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prediction kinetic, energy and exergy of quince under hot air dryer using ANNs and ANFIS

Abbaspour‐Gilandeh

Food Science & Nutrition

2019

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This study aimed to predict the drying kinetics, energy utilization (E u ), energy utilization ratio (EUR), exergy loss, and exergy efficiency of quince slice in a hot air (HA) dryer using artificial neural networks and ANFIS. The experiments were performed at air temperatures of 50, 60, and 70°C and air velocities of 0.6, 1.2, and 1.8 m/s. The thermal parameters were determined using thermodynamic relations. Increasing air temperature and air velocity increased the effective moisture diffusivity (D eff ), E u , EUR, exergy efficiency, and exergy loss. The value of the D eff was varied from 4.19 × 10 -10 to 1.18 × 10 -9 m 2 /s. The highest value E u , EUR, and exergy loss and exergy efficiency were calculated 0.0694 kJ/s, 0.882, 0.044 kJ/s, and 0.879, respectively. Midilli et al. model, ANNs, and ANFIS model, with a determination coefficient (R 2 ) of .9992, .9993, and .9997, provided the best performance for predicting the moisture ratio of quince fruit. Also, the ANFIS model, in comparison with the artificial neural networks model, was better able to predict E u , EUR, exergy efficiency, and exergy loss, with R 2 of .9989, .9988, .9986, and .9978, respectively. K E Y W O R D S adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system, artificial neural networks, drying, quince, thermodynamic parameters | 595 ABBASPOUR-GILANDEH Et AL.focusing on energy and exergy analysis is very important (Lingayat, Chandramohan, & Raju, 2018;Yogendrasasidhar & Setty, 2018).Şevik, Aktaş, Dolgun, Arslan, and Tuncer (2019) analyzed the exergy and energy in the process of drying mint and apple slices in a solar and solar-infrared. The results indicated that the loss of exergy and exergy efficiency increases by increasing the air temperature. Exergy efficiency for mint in solar dryer and solar-infrared was 69.35% and 59. 07%, respectively. Akpinar, Midilli, and Bicer (2006) analyzed the energy and exergy in pumpkin. They reported that the pumpkin dried within the time range of 5.66-12 hr with a loss of exergy from 0 to 1.165 kJ/s. The maximum exergy of the system input was 2.198 kJ/s. Also, with increased exergy loss, the energy used in the solar dryer increased. Karthikeyan and Murugavelh (2018) studied the energy and exergy required to dry turmeric in a mixed-mode forced convection solar tunnel dryer and concluded that the loss of exergy and energy utilization ratio and its efficiency was increased with increasing temperature.