Drying Characteristics And Quality Attributes Of Black Tea Under Superheated Steam Drying

The balanced flavour of black tea can be achieved from its tea leaves drying process. However, conventional dryers used in the current tea industries consume a large amount of thermal energy that comes from firewoods as their primary source of heat. This eventually raises concerns on the environment...

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Main Author: Nordin, Rumaisa
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Language:English
Published: 2019
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description The balanced flavour of black tea can be achieved from its tea leaves drying process. However, conventional dryers used in the current tea industries consume a large amount of thermal energy that comes from firewoods as their primary source of heat. This eventually raises concerns on the environmental impacts of firewood usage. Superheated steam dryer (SSD) is an advanced drying technology that utilises steam as the heating medium. The impact of SSD on the black tea drying process is still limited in terms of understanding the drying characteristics and mechanisms, quality attributes, and energy consumption. Therefore, this study aims to explore the capability of SSD as a practical option for tea drying. Firstly, the effect of SSD temperature range (120–200ºC) on black tea drying characteristics was investigated.
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spelling usm-556012022-11-10T05:08:59Z http://eprints.usm.my/55601/ Drying Characteristics And Quality Attributes Of Black Tea Under Superheated Steam Drying Nordin, Rumaisa T1-995 Technology(General) The balanced flavour of black tea can be achieved from its tea leaves drying process. However, conventional dryers used in the current tea industries consume a large amount of thermal energy that comes from firewoods as their primary source of heat. This eventually raises concerns on the environmental impacts of firewood usage. Superheated steam dryer (SSD) is an advanced drying technology that utilises steam as the heating medium. The impact of SSD on the black tea drying process is still limited in terms of understanding the drying characteristics and mechanisms, quality attributes, and energy consumption. Therefore, this study aims to explore the capability of SSD as a practical option for tea drying. Firstly, the effect of SSD temperature range (120–200ºC) on black tea drying characteristics was investigated. 2019-11 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/55601/1/24%20Pages%20from%20Rumaisa.pdf Nordin, Rumaisa (2019) Drying Characteristics And Quality Attributes Of Black Tea Under Superheated Steam Drying. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle T1-995 Technology(General)
Nordin, Rumaisa
Drying Characteristics And Quality Attributes Of Black Tea Under Superheated Steam Drying
title Drying Characteristics And Quality Attributes Of Black Tea Under Superheated Steam Drying
title_full Drying Characteristics And Quality Attributes Of Black Tea Under Superheated Steam Drying
title_fullStr Drying Characteristics And Quality Attributes Of Black Tea Under Superheated Steam Drying
title_full_unstemmed Drying Characteristics And Quality Attributes Of Black Tea Under Superheated Steam Drying
title_short Drying Characteristics And Quality Attributes Of Black Tea Under Superheated Steam Drying
title_sort drying characteristics and quality attributes of black tea under superheated steam drying
topic T1-995 Technology(General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/55601/
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