Drying characteristics and kinetics of okra

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-279

  Doymaz, Ibrahim ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Diffusion coefficient; Drying characteristics; Exponential model; Okra; Page model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIFFUSION; DRYING; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSIVITY; DRYING CHARACTERISTICS; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; PAGE MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGRICULTURE; DIFFUSION; DRYING; HUMIDITY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OKRA; PYROMETRY;

ABELMOSCHUS; ARRHENIUS;

EID: 14644420815     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.08.019     Document Type: Article

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