Application of Modern Drying Technology in the Food Processing Industry

Abstract

Large number of conferences, seminars and roundtables on the topic of implementation of energy efficient technologies, took place in the Republic of Serbia, in a past few years. It was concluded that the Republic of Serbia has no accompanying regulations, except for Energy Law, that would regulate the design and construction of centers for drying, storage and processing of agricultural products. Drying is one of the major technological operations in the food processing industry. Attention was drawn to a very large consumption of energy on drying units. Some of the proposed solutions are the rationalization of energy consumption in existing plants and adoption of new cost-effective systems based on new technologies. This paper will provide a review of available publications of many international researchers that deals with advanced drying technologies, energy efficiency improvement of drying systems and environmental aspects of drying in order to ensure sustainable development.

Proteklih godina je u Republici Srbiji održan veliki broj konferencija, savetovanja i okruglih stolova na temu implementacije energetski efikasnih tehnologija. Usvojeni su zaključci da Republika Srbija, osim Zakona o Energetici, nema propratnih propisa koji bi regulisali projektovanje i izgradnju centara za sušenje, skladištenje i doradu poljoprivrednih proizvoda. Sušenje je jedna od osnovnih tehnoloških operacija u industriji prerade hrane. Skrenuta je pažnja na izuzetno veliki utrošak energije na postrojenjima za sušenje. Neka od predloženih rešenja su racionalizacija potrošnje energije na postojećim postrojenjima i usvajanje novih ekonomičnijih postrojenja baziranih na novim tehnologijama. Ovim radom učinjen je jedan osvrt na dostupnu literaturu i istraživanja velikog broja internacionalnih autora koji se bave naprednim tehnologijama sušenja, unapređenjem energetske efikasnosti sistema sušenja kao i ekološkim aspektima sušenja u cilju obezbeđenja održivog razvoja.