Development of combined infrared and hot air dryer for vegetables

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 557-563

  Hebbar, H Umesh ^a   Vishwanathan, K H ^a   Ramesh, M N ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Drying; Electromagnetic radiation; Heating chamber; Hot air; Infrared; Specific energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HOT AIR HEATING; INFRARED DRYING; INFRARED HEATING; INFRARED RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FOOD MATERIALS; HEATING CHAMBERS; HOT AIR; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 2942644215     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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