[HTML][HTML] Life cycle sustainability assessment of the agri-food chain: empirical review and bibliometrics

C Matos, VH Junkes, FH Lermen, RF Magalhães… - Production, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Paper aims This study aims to identify the advances in the literature related to Sustainable
Life Cycle Assessment in the agricultural and food process sectors. Originality This study …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of drying kinetics, electric and emission study of Musa paradisiaca L. leaves using microwave-assisted drying method

HS Kusuma, YM Diwiyanto, DEC Jaya… - Applied Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indonesia is one of the most important countries in Asia for banana agriculture (Musa spp.).
Some parts of the banana tree are widely utilized by humans, especially the leaves. Even …

Fuzzy approximate solutions of matrix-valued fractional differential equations by fuzzy control functions

SR Aderyani, R Saadati, D O'Regan, FS Alshammari - Mathematics, 2023 - mdpi.com
We apply Mittag–Leffler-type functions to introduce a class of matrix-valued fuzzy controllers
which help us to propose the notion of multi-stability (MS) and to obtain fuzzy approximate …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation analysis of 3-D airflow and temperature uniformity of paddy in a laboratory drying oven

C Wang, Y Pei, Z Mu, L Fan, J Kong, G Tian, S Miao… - Foods, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study analyzed the effects of airflow characteristics on the temperature distribution and
drying uniformity of paddy during convective drying. Simulations of the drying process with …

Mathematical modelling of wheat drying by fractional order and assessment of transport properties

ACR Aranha, AL Ferrari, CA Bissaro… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study is to evaluate both the temperature and the initial moisture content
of the material in mathematical models of drying. For this, empirical lumped parameter …

Operational excellence in total productive maintenance: statistical reliability as support for planned maintenance pillar

FT Mohad, LC Gomes, GL Tortorella… - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Total productive maintenance consists of strategies and procedures that aim to
guarantee the entire functioning of machines in a production process so that production is …

Application of experimental, numerical, and machine learning methods to improve drying performance and decrease energy consumption of tunnel-type food dryer

M Catalkaya, OE Akay, M Das, E Akpinar - Drying Technology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, to distribute the drying air uniformly on the product surface, straight and trapeze
air barriers were designed in the drying chamber of the existing tunnel dryer. The effects of …

Convective drying of black pepper: Experimental measurements and mathematical modeling of the process

RC de Sousa, ABS Costa, MDM Freitas… - Food and Bioproducts …, 2024 - Elsevier
Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is an important worldwide agricultural commodity. The post-
harvest moisture (65%, wet basis) needs to be reduced to ensure its conservation and …

Numerical inspection of (3+ 1)-perturbed Zakharov–Kuznetsov equation via fractional variational iteration method with Caputo fractional derivative

R Nawaz, N Fewster-Young, NM Katbar… - … Heat Transfer, Part B …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, the implementation of the Fractional Variational iteration method (FVIM) is
used to approximate the generalized fractional perturbed Zakharove-Kuznetsov equation …

Analysis of the composition of Brazilian black soybean seeds and mathematical modelling of intermittent drying and extraction of antioxidant compounds using …

ACR Aranha, RO Defendi, CA Bissaro… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The present study aims to analyze the composition of black soybean seeds, evaluate the
intermittent drying of black soybean seeds by fractional calculus, optimize the extraction …