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of microorganisms and hinders quality decay. Drying food using sun and wind to prevent spoilage has been practiced since ancient times, and was the earliest form of food curing.[2] Water is usually removed by evaporation (air drying, sun drying, smoking or wind drying) but, in the case of freeze-drying, food is first frozen and then the water is removed by sublimation. Bacteria, yeasts and molds need the water in the food to grow, and drying effectively prevents them from surviving in the food.
Dehydration,
in food processing, means by which many types of food can be preserved for indefinite periods by extracting the moisture, thereby inhibiting the growth of microorganisms. Dehydration is one of the oldest methods of food preservation and was used by prehistoric peoples in sun-drying seeds. The North American Indians preserved meat by sun-drying slices, the Chinese dried eggs, and the Japanese dried fish and rice. USE OF PSYCHOMETRIC CHART
Using psychrometric chart is quite easy if you know the properties of air. This article describes various lines and curves in psychrometric chart and how to use the them.
Psychrometric Chart
The RH lines are the curves extending from the lower left to the upper right part of the psychrometric chart. The different curves of RH indicate different values of humidity measured in percentage. The value of RH reduces from left towards right. The extreme left curve along the shoe indicates RH of 100% and is also called as saturation curve because the condition of air along this line is fully saturated no matter what the DB and WB temperatures are. Along the saturation curve all the three temperatures, the DB, WB and DP are same.
1) On the psychrometric chart locate value 78oF on DB temperature scale located at the bottom of the chart. 2) Locate WB temperature of 65oF on the saturation curve scale. 3) Extend the vertical line (constant DB temperature line) from 78o and diagonal line (constant WB temperature line) from 65oF and get the point of intersection of the two lines, which indicates the condition of the given air. 4) Find out the values of various parameters at this point. The relative humidity line passing though this point indicates RH of 50%. The horizontal line passing though this point and meeting saturation curve indicates DP temperature of 58oF. The specific volume of this air is 13.7 ft3/lb and the enthalpy of air is 30 Btu/lb.