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Thermal properties measurement of cut tobacco based on TPS method and thermal conductivity model

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Drying process of biomass porous media is widely involved in agricultural products processing. Accurate measurement of thermal properties and prediction of thermal conductivity variation at different conditions is the key of heat transfer simulation and optimization for drying process. The present work measured the thermal properties of cut tobacco in a constant temperature experimental platform by transient plane source method (TPS method), and developed a model to predict thermal conductivity of cut tobacco at different conditions. The results showed that there was a high test precision for thermal properties measurement of cut tobacco by TPS method. Thermal conductivity of cut tobacco increased significantly with the increase of temperature and moisture content at the range of 25–65 °C and 12.5–25 %. Volume heat capacities showed a similar trend. The model predictions of thermal conductivity showed strong correlation coefficient with experimental values. The deviation of model predictions is less than 10 %, which indicated that the established model had a good prediction precision for thermal conductivity of cut tobacco.

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  1. ZhengZhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, China

    Wen-kui Zhu, Hui Lin & Bin Li

  2. Institute for Combustion Science and Environmental Technology (ICSET), Western Kentucky University (WKU), Bowling Green, OH, USA

    Yan Cao

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Zhu, Wk., Lin, H., Cao, Y. et al. Thermal properties measurement of cut tobacco based on TPS method and thermal conductivity model. J Therm Anal Calorim 116, 1117–1123 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-013-3543-z

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