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Drying performance meter for agri-food ovens

Objective



The scope of DRYPERMET is to research and develop a system capable of measuring the total water mass flow rate extracted in drying and cooking processes in agri food ovens. Measuring the drying performance is of major interest for the agri food industry, because it helps to reduce production losses entailed by start ups and climate variability. The aims of the drying performance meter are the following: . quality improvement of the final product . throw out reduction . energy savings. In the first step of the project, a mock up of a novel hygrometer will be specified, developed and tested in laboratory environment. As a matter of fact, the hygrometer is the part of the system which does not exist on the market, ready to be used in drying and cooking ovens. No existing sensor today can measure the moisture in the conditions of the ovens (high temperature and high moisture). The hygrometer will be based on the physical principle of infrared differential absorption. It will be equipped with fibre optics in order to permit remote sensing. The second step of the project is the development of the prototypes of the hygrometer for complete testing on real production lines, in order to test its robustness in the oven environment. Each end user will have to install and to test the prototype on its production line. After the end of the project, each end user might keep its prototype for its future needs. The partnership profile has been constituted with a view to combining all the competencies necessary to grant the success of the project. Bertin will bring its experience in optronics, the CTUC will bring its experience as technical centre of the users of cereals and their process for cooking and drying, the end user proposers will bring their production lines for testing and the field experience. The proposer group is constituted of nine industrial bakeries. At mid term of the project, the partners will agree on the conditions of industrialisation and dissemination of the system. Complementary testing will be done for about 6 months after project termination. Scientific knowledge on cooking and drying of agri food, gained in the project, will be disseminated by the partners. The industrialisation will then be carried out by the sensor manufacturers selected by the proposers at mid term review.

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Biscuiterie de L'Abbaye Sa
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