Huang Jinghan Wu Weidong Wang Huaichen.Study on the Intermittent Drying Process of Paddy Rice employing a Closed-Loop Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System[J].Journal of Refrigeration,
Huang Jinghan Wu Weidong Wang Huaichen.Study on the Intermittent Drying Process of Paddy Rice employing a Closed-Loop Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System[J].Journal of Refrigeration,DOI:10.12465/issn.0253-4339.20250906001. CSTR: XXXXX.XX.XXX.20250906001.
Study on the Intermittent Drying Process of Paddy Rice employing a Closed-Loop Transcritical CO2 Heat Pump System
In view of the problems of low drying quality and high energy consumption in the existing paddy rice drying process, this study experimentally studied the influence law of the key factor of the "Tempering Ratio" on the quality indicators and system performance indicators of paddy rice heat pump drying based on the closed-loop transcritical CO
2
heat pump drying system. Experimental results indicated that under the conditions of a 25 kg loading capacity, drying chamber air temperature of 55 ℃, and material surface air velocity of 1.5 m/s, as the tempering ratio increased from 0 to 4/6, the paddy rice surface moisture evaporation rate accelerated. Correspondingly, the average drying rate, average specific moisture evaporation rate (SMER), energy consumption per unit of drying capacity, and drying capacity per unit volume per unit
time for the system showed increasing trends, whereas both the cracking rate and fatty acid value for the system exhibited decreasing trends. The average coefficient of performance for the heat pump (COP
h
) and the average coefficient of performance for the system (COP
sys
) remained relatively stable. When the tempering ratio was 4/6, the average SMER reached 1.061 kg/(kW·h), energy consumption per unit of drying capacity was 7.97 kg/(kW·h), drying capacity per unit volume per unit time was 67.60 kg/(m³·h), average COP
h
was 4.72, average COP
sys
was 8.71, cracking rate was 16%, and fatty acid value was 11.67 mgKOH/100g. Considering energy consumption, drying efficiency, and quality comprehensively, the tempering ratio of 4/6 was ultimately selected as the optimal ratio for rice heat pump drying. The research results can provide reference and guidance for the optimization of the heat pump drying process of paddy rice.
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