Thank you for your assistance and for the quick response :) The surface area is 3.14 m2 as the dry yeast will be at the bottom of the dryer with a diameter of 2m and air needs to be forced to go through it. The particle size of the dry yeast is about 1 mm thick and these dry particles will be...
Hi All, my manager asked me to calculate the cool dry yeast in the dryer from 45 degrees C to 20 degrees C using air at inlet temperature of 11 degrees C and mass flow rate of 18 000 kg/hr. The dry yeast batch is 160 kg. I'm not sure which formulas to use? Fourier's law and the heat energy Q =...