Mathematical modeling of snacks drying process from minced fish in a fluidized bed

A mathematical model of snacks drying process from minced fish in a fluidized bed with distributed parameters of the heat exchange process between the surface of an anisotropic body and the environment is proposed. The solution of the problem of non-stationary heat transfer by heat conduction using the Galerkin method is considered. The trial and verification functions of the method used, implemented in the PTC MathCAD engineering calculation environment, are linearly independent, represent the first elements of a complete system of polynomial functions and satisfy the boundary and initial conditions. Theoretical and experimental studies have been carried out, which allow considering the process of drying snacks from minced fish in a fluidized bed and scientifically substantiate options for its improvement. According to the results of experimental studies, the adequacy of the obtained mathematical model is shown. It is proved that with a uniform initial temperature distribution during preheating, the temperature inhomogeneity increases up to the moment of a phase transition on the surface of dried object. The importance of taking into account the preheating phase of wet material is established, since at this stage a temperature profile is formed, which is characterized by significant heterogeneity. This is especially important, since temperature heterogeneity directly affects the quality of the food product. The possibility of taking into account anisotropy in heat transfer processes using a three-dimensional mathematical model of transport with distributed parameters is confirmed. The developed technique allows significantly increasing the accuracy of an anisotropic boundary value problem solving by replacing the operation of integrating the stiffness matrix elements with a system of differential equations by algebraic formulas.