Convective drying of banana, guava and potato pieces : Effect of cyclical variations of air temperature on drying kinetics and color change

Drying Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 907-936

  Chua, K J ^a,b   Mujumdar, A S ^a,b   Chou, S K ^a,b   Hawlader, M N A ^a,b   Ho, J C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color parameters; Cosine wave profile; Heat pump dryer; Square wave profile

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AIR; COLOR; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BANANA; COLOR PARAMETERS; COSINE WAVE PROFILE; GUAVA; HEAT PUMP DRYER; POTATO; SQUARE WAVE PROFILE;

DRYING;

DRYING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT PUMP; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION;

EID: 0034098885     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930008917744     Document Type: Article

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