Development of methods to classify mass transfer behavior of plant tissues during osmotic dehydration

Food and Bioproducts Processing

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Fernandez, C M O ^a   Mazzanti, G ^a   Le Maguer, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b IRM Food Systems   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluxes; Mass transfer rates; Osmotic dehydration; Plant tissues; Solids gain; Water loss

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INVERSE PROBLEMS; OSMOSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYNOMIALS; REACTION KINETICS; TISSUE;

OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION; PLANT TISSUES; SOLID GAINS; WATER LOSS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 2542531671     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030804322985317     Document Type: Article

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