Thermal Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Two Designs of Direct Dehydrators for Agricultural Products

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

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Comments on the Quality of English Language

The quality of English Language can be improved.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

In this work, dehydrator models were studied using CFD. Overall the manuscript is well-written, and the results are interesting and discussed in-depth. There are a few issues that should be addressed before considering for publication.

1. Why did the authors choose the modification adopted in Eq. (2)?
2. Each equipment has different dimensions. Are those dimensions adopted from a real case?
3. Please provide more details on the mesh used for conducting the CFD simulations, the residuals, and the boundary conditions. This information is necessary to properly assess the results. Not all readers are familiar with SolidWorks. A scheme displaying the boundary conditions would be useful.
4. As far as I understand, Model 2 surpasses Model 1 in all aspects. What is the benefit of studying Model 1? Does it have any noteworthy capabilities?

Comments on the Quality of English Language

English quality is good.

Author Response

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Thank you for your detailed and comprehensive response to my comments on your manuscript. I appreciate your efforts in addressing each of my suggestions and making necessary revisions. I am pleased to confirm that you have satisfactorily addressed all of my concerns.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Minor editing of English language required.

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The manuscript is ready for publication.