Drying kinetics of prickly pear fruit (Opuntia ficus indica)

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-179

  Lahsasni, S ^a   Kouhila, M ^b   Mahrouz, M ^a   Jaouhari, J T ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b Ecole Normale Superieure Marrakech   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Characteristic drying curve; Drying curves; Modeling; Prickly pear fruit; Solar dryer

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DRYING; REACTION KINETICS; SOLAR RADIATION;

DRYING KINETICS;

FRUITS;

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0141864568     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(03)00084-0     Document Type: Article

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