To reduce the energy consumption during the drying of agricultural and food products, the optimization of the drying process with regard to the drying behavior and the quality of the end products is necessary. Therefore, much effort is spent designin...
A drying temperature precision control system was studied to provide technical support for developing and further proving the superiority of the variable-temperature drying process. In this study, an improved neural network (INN) proportional–i...
The management of moisture is one of the main challenges in anticipating and averting food decay and food losses during postharvest processing and storage. Hence, it is imperative to reduce the moisture of freshly harvested products to safe-storage l...
This study evaluated environmental relative humidity’s (ERH) impact on dry matter (DM) in hay and total mixed ration (TMR), exploring strategies to stabilize milk production in lactating cows by maintaining a consistent TMR DM content. We hypot...
The dry matter (DM) content of feed is vital in cattle nutrition and is inversely correlated with moisture content. The established ranges of moisture content serve as a marker for factors such as safe storage limit and DM intake. Rapid changes in mo...
Three-dimensional surface scans of skeletal structures have various clinical and research applications in medicine, anthropology, and other relevant fields. The aim of this study was to test the precision of a widely used hand-held surface scanner an...
Existing devices for dry direct-seeded rice with film mulching in northern China have limitations such as imprecise sowing, unadjustable sowing depth, and seeding device blocking. In this regard, this study proposes a combined seeding method of ‘mini...
In this paper, in view of low grinding efficiency and poor ground surface quality of sapphire glass, the coarse diamond grinding wheel dressed by dry impulse electrical discharge was proposed to perform efficient and precise grinding machining of sap...
An essential component required for calculating stocking rates for livestock grazing extensive rangeland is dry matter intake (DMI). Animal unit months are used to simplify this calculation for rangeland systems to determine the rate of forage consum...
Consumer interest in medicinal and aromatic herbs is on the rise, with buyers increasingly concerned about the microbiological quality of nutraceutical and aromatic plants. The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and sensor technology allows for h...
Optimal fertilization of clover-grass fields relies on knowledge of the clover and grass fractions. This study shows how knowledge can be obtained by analyzing images collected in fields automatically. A fully convolutional neural network was trained...
Drying is one of the common procedures in the food processing steps. The moisture content (MC) is also of crucial significance in the evaluation of the drying technique and quality of the final product. However, conventional MC evaluation methods suf...
This paper modeled the dry band formation and arcing processes on the composite insulator surface to investigate the mechanism of dry band arcing and optimize the insulator geometry. The model calculates the instantaneous electric and thermal fields...
Grain drying technology is a core process for ensuring food quality, extending storage life, and improving processing adaptability. With the continuous growth of global food demand and the increasing requirements for food quality and energy efficienc...
Accurate estimation of aboveground dry matter accumulation and plant nitrogen content in summer maize is essential for optimizing both yield and nitrogen-use efficiency. Exclusive reliance on two-dimensional multispectral imagery results in data satu...
The use of electromagnetic energy for drying seeds has been shown to be a promising alternative. However, studies show that the technique still lacks careful evaluation due to the sensitivity of soybean seeds to damage caused using microwaves. Studie...
Alfalfa hay bale drying technology can effectively reduce alfalfa leaf loss and improve forage quality. However, due to the large volume and high density of fresh-stored hay bales, deep-level drying is uneven, leading to nutrient loss in alfalfa. To...
Timely and effective drying of agricultural products is crucial for ensuring the quality and yield of grains. Biomass drying enhances energy utilization and reduces energy pressure. To this end, a novel multi-channel circulating biomass hot air furna...
Drying constitutes an essential step in aerogel fabrication, where the drying method directly determines the pore structure and consequently influences the material’s functionality. This study employed various drying techniques to prepare balsa...
This study introduces an Artificial Intelligence framework based on the Deep Learning model Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers framework trained on a dataset from 2000–2023. The AI tool categorizes articles into six classes...
This study aimed to investigate the impact of ultrasonic pretreatment vacuum drying (UAVD) and temperature on drying kinetics and qualitative attributes of blood oranges in comparison to several drying methods: hot air drying (HAD), vacuum drying (VD...
Innovative methods were used to determine both sorption and drying data at temperatures typically found in the handling of agricultural products. A robust sorption measurement system using multiple microbalances and a high precision through flow labo...
The presence of moisture in the insulation of power transformers accelerates the degradation of both paper and oil, thereby increasing the risk of unexpected failures. Due to the hygroscopic nature of cellulose, the insulation can retain up to 8% moi...
The dry beach length determines the hydraulic boundary of tailings impoundments and significantly impacts the infiltration line, which is crucial for the tailings dam. A deep learning method utilizing satellite images is presented to recognize the dr...
Concerning the application of high-precision, enormous rotating equipment under harsh working conditions, the advantages of dry gas sealing technology are increasingly obvious. Herein, research on the dynamic stability of dry gas seals is reviewed ba...
The maize crop is an essential contributor to food security. At a global level, it is the cereal with the highest production, and the second imported commodity. This study evaluates the impact of precision agriculture on the morpho-productive traits...
Despite the excellent beneficial properties that anthocyanins and total phenolic compounds give to the red onion bulbs, few articles have investigated modern extraction techniques or experimental designs in this field. For this reason, the present st...
The quantitative characterization of tactile perception, which is crucial in the design of tactile devices, requires the tested samples to have individually and precisely controlled properties associated with the senses. In this work, we microfabrica...
This comprehensive study provides an in-depth examination of the convective drying process and drying kinetics of ginger rhizomes (Zingiber officinale), precisely honing in on the influence of moisture content variation on the thermal property of the...
This study investigates the potential to transform plant-based waste into a sustainable resource for animal feed through dehydration. Currently, research on the drying performance of decayed plant tissues remains scarce. To address this gap, we explo...
Alfalfa, as a high-quality forage crop, undergoes a drying process that is critical to its product quality and commercial value. This paper systematically reviews research progress on alfalfa drying technologies and equipment throughout the entire pr...
Tree height is a crucial characteristic of plant ecological strategies and plantation productivity. Investigating the influence of dry-season irrigation on the tree height growth in Eucalyptus plantations contributes to a deeper understanding of prec...
Rising platemeters are commonly used in Ireland and New Zealand for managing intensive pastures. To assess the applicability of a commercial rising platemeter operating with a microsonic sensor to estimate herbage mass with its own equation, the obje...
Lyophilization is a widely used preservation method for thermosensitive products. It consists of three process steps: freezing, primary and secondary drying. One of the major drawbacks is the long processing time. The main optimization effort was put...
This study systematically evaluated the drying kinetics of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim. during microwave vacuum drying (MVD), pulsation vacuum drying (PVD) and hot-air drying (HAD) at different temperatures and analyzed the heating mechanism differen...
In the present study, we investigated and compared the effect of microwaves and freeze-drying methods on the dehydration and rehydration kinetics in the phenolic, anthocyanin, aroma profiles, and antioxidant properties of tree tomato fruit (Solanum b...
Second-drying has an impact on the development of flavor and aroma in black tea. However, the effect of the shape changes of the tea leaves during second-drying on the quality of black tea has yet to be evaluated. In this study, GC-TOFMS and UPLC-HRM...
The drying process of microcrystalline cellulose and adipic acid particles in a cylindrical fluidized bed was investigated using the Gaussian spectral technique to monitor fluid–dynamic regime transitions associated with surface moisture loss....
This study examined the changes in extractability and fractionation of arsenic (As) that can be caused by the drying of strongly polluted anoxic soil samples. Two untreated and manure-amended soils were incubated for 7 and 21 days in flooded conditio...
To solve the problems of high temperature and drought in the Xinjiang Turpan area and the low survival rate of melon seedlings transplanted into dry soil, existing transplanters for large plant type young melon seedlings can be mechanized. For non-de...
The relationships between free shrinkage and actual shrinkage of different layers in Mongolian Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litv.) were explored to provide basic data for the further study of drying shrinkage properties. The free shri...
The moisture content of screed samples is an essential parameter in the construction industry, since the screed must dry to a certain level of moisture content to be ready for covering. This paper introduces neutron radiography (NR) and neutron tomog...
This study compared water quality effects of using precision herbicide application technologies and traditional spraying approaches across several regulated ‘priority’ and alternative pre- and post-emergent herbicides in a northern Austra...
Traditional mapping of salt affected soils (SAS) is very costly and cannot precisely depict the space–time dynamics of soil salts over landscapes. Therefore, we tested the capacity of Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) data to retrieve soi...
Spray drying of poorly water-soluble drugs in organic solvents is a mature process in the preparation of drugs amorphous solids dispersions (ASDs). The use of organic solvents is under increasing environmental protection and safety pressure and restr...
Drying is a process aimed at reducing the water content in plant materials below a limit where the activity of microbes and decomposing enzymes deteriorate the quality of medicinal and aromatic plants. Today, the interest of consumers towards medicin...
Orchard-side optimization of fruit quality is experiencing renewed research focus in the fresh fruit industry as new technologies and quality metrics have emerged to enhance consumer acceptance and satisfaction. Fruit dry matter, one such quality ind...
Determining pre-harvest fruit maturity is vital to ensure the quality of kiwifruit, and dry-matter content is an important indicator of kiwifruit ripeness. To predict the pre-harvest dry-matter content of kiwifruit continuously in real-time with high...
This work considers the fabrication of ceramic parts with the help of an additive manufacturing process, robocasting, in which a paste with suspended particles is robotically extruded. Within the final part, the material properties depend on the orie...
Fungal taxonomy research, and specifically the study of macro and micro morphological characteristics, requires precise temperature control. This is because variation in temperature can affect macrofungal microstructures. Understanding the appropriat...
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