Natural drying of cassava chips in the humid zone of Nigeria

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-91

  Olufayo, A A ^a   Ogunkunle, O J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ambient conditions; Cassava; Moisture content; Radiation; Solar dryer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOLAR DRYERS;

CASSAVA CHIPS; PLANT DRYING;

FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS;

ARTICLE; CASSAVA; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030267151     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(96)00022-3     Document Type: Article

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