Effect of blanching and air flow rate on turmeric drying

Food Science and Technology International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-323

  Blasco, M ^a   Garcia Perez J V ^b   Bon, J ^b   Carreres, J E ^a   Mulet, A ^b  

^a Centro Tecnologico Ainia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air drying; Blanching; Curcuma longa; Kinetics; Modelling; Turmeric

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DRYING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR DRYERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR DRYING; AIR FLOW RATES; BLANCHING; CURCUMA LONGA; KINETICS; TURMERIC;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 33747166114     PISSN: 10820132     EISSN: 15321738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1082013206067352     Document Type: Article

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