Convective drying of agricultural products. Effect of continuous and stepwise change in drying air temperature

Drying Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1949-1960

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Banana samples; Color parameters; Heat pump dryer; Temperature profile

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FRUITS; HEAT CONVECTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DRYING KINETICS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

DRYING;

AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL; CONVECTION; DRYING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035170643     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DRT-100107282     Document Type: Article

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