Drying Temperature Precision Control System Based on Improved Neural Network PID Controller and Variable-Temperature Drying Experiment of Cantaloupe Slices

A drying temperature precision control system was studied to provide technical support for developing and further proving the superiority of the variable-temperature drying process. In this study, an improved neural network (INN) proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controller (INN-PID) was designed. The dynamic performance of the PID, neural network PID (NN-PID) and INN-PID controllers was simulated with unit step signals as an input in MATLAB software. A drying temperature precision control system was set up in an air impingement dryer, and the drying temperature control experiment was carried out to verify the performance of the three controllers. Linear variable-temperature (LVT) and constant-temperature drying experiments of cantaloupe slices were carried out based on the system. Moreover, the experimental results were evaluated comprehensively with the brightness (L value), colour difference (ΔE), vitamin C content, chewiness, drying time and energy consumption (EC) as evaluation indexes. The simulation results show that the INN-PID controller outperforms the other two controllers in terms of control accuracy and regulation time. In the drying temperature control experiment at 50 °C–55 °C, the peak time of the INN-PID controller is 237.37 s, the regulation time is 134.91 s and the maximum overshoot is 4.74%. The INN-PID controller can quickly and effectively regulate the temperature of the inner chamber of the air impingement dryer. Compared with constant-temperature drying, LVT is a more effective drying mode as it ensures the quality of the material and reduces the drying time and EC. The drying temperature precision control system based on the INN-PID controller meets the temperature control requirements of the variable-temperature drying process. This system provides practical and effective technical support for the variable-temperature drying process and lays the foundation for further research. The LVT drying experiments of cantaloupe slices also show that variable-temperature drying is a better process than constant-temperature drying and is worthy of further study to be applied in production.

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