A research team consists of Dr. Asaad Rahman Saeed Al-Helfi, researcher Muhammad Ali Jassim and researcher Zainab Abdul-Amir Mohsen at the College of Agriculture at the University of Basrah obtained a patent issued by the Ministry of Planning for designing, manufacturing and testing a deep infrared food rotary dryer.
The patent included the design and manufacture of an infrared rotary dryer, which consists of a structure, a rotating perforated cylinder, a ventilation fan, an infrared lamp, a thermostat, and an electric motor.
The results of using the device showed that the moisture content decreased significantly with the increase in the drying time for shrimp and beans, and that the highest drying efficiency was at a temperature of 70 °C.
It is worth mentioning that the rotary dryer has a higher ability to reduce energy consumption, color change and effect on the chemical composition of dried food compared to traditional methods.
