Determination of the average coefficient of internal moisture transfer during the drying of a thin bed of potato slices

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-101

  Youcef Ali, S ^a   Messaoudi, H ^a   Desmons, J Y ^a   Abene, A ^a   Le Ray, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Drying; Forced convection; Moisture transfer; Potato; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002440474     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(00)00123-0     Document Type: Article

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