Thread 2939290

anons i just joined a new job and I am way way underqualified but they still chose me....

SO please help me design a very cheap system that can intake 500kg of mucileganous semi solids (think okra slices), in order to dry down to a specific moisture %. This input is 90% water.

>>2939290 (OP)
be more specific abojt
>specific
some things are possible with simple means, below a certain moisture content you're looking at more pricey stuff

>>2939290 (OP)
so you lied and said you were qualified? Will you tell them you asked 4chinz for help, or will you lie about that too?

>>2939290 (OP)
Not unless you give me your paycheck for doing your fucking job for you.

>>2939292
15%


>>2939294
fakeittillumakeit

>>2939290 (OP)
good luck, i don't know enough. bump
is your budget 100 - 400?
use a weighing machine to monitor moisture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying
read
are you automating it all?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino
good luck with the deadline

>>2939305
if ambient isnt something crazy that should be doable
it's roughly what wood in a temperate climate will be around when its just right for the fire after 2 years or so
so how about you start with a big drum, give it enough holes for airflow but also house it in a total enclosure, paint that black so it heats up in the sun. Add a door and conveyor or slide for filling and an asynchronous motor with a gearbox to real slow spin the whole thing. Place paddles on the inside so stuff is constantly overturned. Rely on natural draft from a chimney to pull the air in on one end and through. Put a restrictor on the air intake so you can slow the exchange and get the sun to heat the whole thing up more.

>>2939290 (OP)
>ranjeets 1st dewatering setup
go steal process info from gp

>>2939290 (OP)
Start by putting my balls in your mouth until their dry as a test.

>>2939290 (OP)
Sounds like you need lots of hot dry air moving through it to dry it down. Large grate to hold the stuff in a thin layer, solar collector to make heat on said stuff, and fans to keep the air moving

>>2939290 (OP)
This is a rather difficult problem. I would tend towards a hot air blower through a very slow delicate tumbler (i. e. pipe shaped).

But you're probably going to degrade whatever the product is by tumbling it - knock the corners off, create mush, make it look bad. Similarly the heat. Angle pipe down blow air up. There are a vast number of variables.

>>2939290 (OP)
Did you try googling "industrial okra dryer?" Why are you expected to just make one when. You can already buy one? What kind of equipment do you already have? How are you slicing your okra? Is it on a conveyor belt? You can get a food drying tunnel that can be put in line with your existing conveyors.

>>2939290 (OP)
>SO please help me design a very cheap system that can intake 500kg of mucileganous semi solids (think okra slices), in order to dry down to a specific moisture %. This input is 90% water.

You're drying cum aren't you?

have fun going bqck to india

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>>2939997

imagine working for a jeet for free while he gets paid using your work on a visa i your country fuck you niggers are dumb

>>2939290 (OP)
So you need something that can dry snot? Or dry the snot off your solid cassettes?
In the case of the former, I'd probably start with some form of vacuum distillation chamber. Bring that down from 90% moisture to something around 20-30%, leave it viscous enough to mitigate transfer losses. Save some of the distillate; you'll need this to rinse out remaining material from the inside. From there, transfer them to cake pans and dry in a vacuum oven. Once these are bone dry, you can rehydrate with either water or distillate to your desired moisture content.
In the case of the latter, just run a filtration using a mesh screen, then dry them, followed by rehydration based on weight.