Moisture sorption isotherms for karingda (Citrullus lanatus (thumb) mansf) seed, kernel and hull

Journal of Food Process Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 349-366

  Suthar, S H ^a,b   Das, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GUJARAT AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

DESORPTION; HULLS (SEED COVERINGS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SEED; TEMPERATURE;

EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; EQUILIBRIUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; KARINGDA; KERNEL; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE SORPTION ISOTHERMS; STATIC EQUILIBRIATION TECHNIQUES;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS;

EID: 0031275725     PISSN: 01458876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4530.1997.tb00427.x     Document Type: Article

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