Solar drying characteristics of strawberry

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 456-464

  El Beltagy, A ^a   Gamea, G R ^a   Essa, A H Amer ^a  

^a Minufiya Government   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Drying constant; Re hydration ratio; Solar drying; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FOOD PRODUCTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DRYING CONSTANT; RE-HYDRATION RATIO; SOLAR DRYING; STRAWBERRY;

FOOD PRESERVATION;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 33746364174     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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