During the drying process, there was a movement occurred of the heat
and mass simultaneously, and so to know the heat transfer and mass coefficient it
is necessary to analyze the convection of heat transfer and the rate of decline
water levels at the same time. The basic ingredients of this research was coconut
sap crystal or palm sugar. The purpose of this research was to analyze the
process of heat and mass transfer simultaneously with Dryer cabinet by using the
Runge Kutta method.
The Drying material process was made with 3 variations of temperatures
of 60oC,70oC, 80oC and 3 variations of the capacity of 5kg, 10kg, and 15kg. The
data that was taken was include the changes in temperature and moisture
content during the drying process. The Drying process of palm sugar was
analyzed simultaneously by using the Runge Kutta method to obtain a model.
The results showed that the variations in temperature and capacity was
significantly impact the value of h (convection heat transfer coefficient) and k (
the constant of drying rate). The greater of drying temperature, then the h and
the k values was increase too. The greater capacity was made the value of h and
k got smaller. The h values was obtained ranged in 12,89 H/m3oCs � 903,99H/m3oCs. And the k values was obtained ranged in 0.3169 J/m3oCs � 1.3636J/m3oCs