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Agronomía Colombiana, 2023 This study shows the modeling of the convective drying operation of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd. var. Hualhuas) grains implemented in the General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) software. The proposed model was based on Fick’s second law.
Julia Luisetti +2 more
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Effect of Fruit Thickness on Microwave Drying Characteristics of Myrtus communis L. [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2023 Myrtus communis L. (Myrtle) is an evergreen shrub and its fruit is used in traditional medicine in hypoglycemic, oral, and stomach disease therapy. To the best of our knowledge, there is no report on microwave drying of it. Therefore, this study is aimed
Habib Abbasi +3 more
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Study of the drying kinetics of pepper
Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, 2014 The present study investigated the influence of microwave power on the drying kinetics, energy consumption and drying efficiency of green pepper during microwave drying at 180, 240, 300, 360, 420, 480 and 540 W.
Hosain Darvishi +5 more
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LIQUID DIFFUSION DURING DRYING OF SORGHUM GRAINS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS [PDF]
Engenharia Agrícola, 2019 Drying is the most widely used process to ensure the quality and stability of plant products. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effective water diffusivity and activation energy in grain sorghum during drying at different temperatures and ...
Lígia C. de M. Silva +4 more
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Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019 In the present research, effect of methods that use the microwave (90, 160 and 350 W), infrared (60, 70 and 80 °C), and freeze drying for turmeric samples on the drying kinetics, effective moisture diffusivity and color were analyzed.
Nazmi Izlı, Onur Taskın
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Determining of moisture diffusivity and activation energy in drying of apricots
Research in Agricultural Engineering, 2009 In this study, Fick's second law was used as a major equation to calculate the moisture diffusivity for apricot fruit with some simplification. Drying experiments were carried out at the air temperatures of 40, 50, 60, 70, and 80°C and the drying air ...
E. Mirzaee +3 more
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Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020 In this research, thin layer drying characteristics, rehydration ratio and effective moisture diffusivity of apple were investigated using microwave dryer which has intermittent and continuous modes. Drying time varied between 25 and 215 minutes and they
Nazmi İzli, Ahmet Polat
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Drying parameters of wild lettuce (Lactuca taraxaxifolia L) affected by different drying methods
Croatian Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2023 This study focused on the effect of drying method on drying properties of wild lettuce leaves. The fresh wild lettuce was washed thoroughly to remove extraneous parts and subjected to pretreatments by dipping 200 g of vegetable samples into the water (1 ...
Clement Adesoji Ogunlade +4 more
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Effective moisture diffusivity during hot air solar drying of tomato slices
Research in Agricultural Engineering, 2016 Mathematical modelling and effective moisture diffusivity of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) was studied during hot air solar drying. An experimental solar dryer with a swivel collector was used for experiments.
H. Samimi. Akhijani +2 more
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Effects of Temperature and Slice Thickness on Drying Kinetics of Pumpkin Slices
Walailak Journal of Science and Technology, 2011 Dried pumpkin slice is an alternative crisp food product. In this study, the effects of temperature and slice thickness on the drying characteristics of pumpkin were studied in a lab-scale tray dryer, using hot air temperatures of 55, 60 and 65 °C and 2,
Kongdej LIMPAIBOON
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