초록
송풍식건조과정(送風式乾燥過程) 중의 말쥐치육의 건조기구(乾操機構)와 수분활성(水分活性)과의 관계를 검토하기 위하여 $47.5^{\circ}C$에서 풍속과 공기의 상대습도를 달리하여 실험한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 전체 건조과정은 정속건조기(定速乾燥期)와 감속건조기(減速乾燥期)로 구분되었다. 정속건조기(定速乾燥期)는 건조표면(乾燥表面)이 수분활성(水分活性) 1.0을 유지하는한 계속되었으며, 온도와 상대습도가 일정할 때 정속건조속도(定速乾燥速度)는 공기의 속도(速度)의 제곱근에 비례하였다. 감속건조기(減速乾燥期)는 건조기구(乾操機構)가 서로 다른 제(第)1 및 제(第)2감속건조기(減速乾燥期)로 구분되었다. 제(第)1감속건조기(減速乾燥期)는 모세관 응축수의 건조표면(乾燥表面)으로의 이동이 불충분한 불포화표면건조기(不飽和表面乾燥期)였으며, 이 때의 건조속도(乾燥速度)는 공기의 온도가 일정할 때 상대습도에 크게 좌우되었다. 제(第)1감속건조기(減速乾燥期)와 제(第)2감속건조기(減速乾燥期)의 변환점에서 표면경화현상(表面硬化現象)이 시작되었다. 상대습도의 변화에 따라 제(第)2감속건조기(減速乾燥期)가 시작될 때의 수분활성(水分活性)과 수분함량(水分含量)은 각각 다른 값을 나타내었다. 제(第)2감속건조기(減速乾燥期)는 다시 건조기구(乾操機構)를 달리하는 두 개의 건조기(乾燥期)로 구분되었다. 제(第)2감속건조기(減速乾燥期)의 1단계는 말쥐치육 내부의 모세관 응축수가 건조표면(乾燥表面)으로 확산, 증발하여 건조가 진행되었으며, 이때의 수분의 확산계수는 $47.5^{\circ}C$에서 $2.89{\cdot}10^{-10}m^2/sec$였다. 표면경화현상(表面硬化現象)은 말쥐치육의 수분활성(水分活性)이 0.7에 이를때까지 계속되었다. 제(第)2감속건조기(減速乾燥期)의 2단계는 수분활성(水分活性) 0.45에서 시작되었다. 이 때의 건조는 말쥐치육 내부에 다분자층(多分子層)으로 흡착(吸着)한 결합수의 건조표면(乾燥表面)으로의 확산, 증발에 의하여 진행되었다. 흡착수분(吸着水分)의 분자층(分子層)의 수는 4였으며, $47.5^{\circ}C$에서의 확산계수는 $4.38{\cdot}10^{-11}m^2/sec$였다.
Filefish muscle in the form of thin plate $(5{\times}10{\times}0.4\;cm)$ was dried in a forced air dryer at $47.5^{\circ}C$ to study the relation between dehydration mechanism and water activity. The dryer was designed in such a way that the temperature, relative humidity and velocity of air could be controlled. The whole dehydration process of the filefish muscle was divided into two different drying rate periods, constant and falling rate period. During the constant drying rate period, the drying rate was proportional to the square root of air velocity under the conditions of constant temperature and relative humidity of air. The falling rate period was further divided into two different falling drying rate periods, first and second falling rate period. The first falling rate period was an unsaturated surface drying period caused by partial unsaturation of the drying surface with capillary condensed free water diffused from the internal part of the filefish muscle. At this stage he drying rate was mainly dependent on the relative humidity at constant air temperature, and case-hardening phenomenon started at the end of this stage. The moisture content and the water activity at which the second falling rate period started were not constant, because the drying rate of the first falling rate period was strongly dependent on the air humidity. The second falling rate period was again divided into two drying rate periods, former and latter period. The drying rates of both of these periods were independent on the external air humidity. During the former period of the second falling rate period, the dehydration was proceeded by diffusion and vaporization of capillary condensed free water in filefish muscle. The diffusion coefficient of water was $2.89{\times}10^{-10}m^2/sec\;at\;47.5^{\circ}C$. At this stage, the case-herdening continued until the water activity reduced to 0.7. The latter period of the second falling rate period started at the water activity of 0.45. The dedydration was proceeded by diffusion and vaporization of bound water, which adsorbed in multimolecular layers, through the hardened drying surface. The number of molecular layers was 4, and the diffusion coefficient of water during this stage was $4.38{\times}10^{-11}m^2/sec\;at\;47.5^{\circ}C$.