Air-drying of banana: Influence of experimental parameters, slab thickness, banana maturity and harvesting season

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 200-207

  Nguyen, Minh Hue ^a   Price, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air drying; Banana dehydration; Fruit maturity; Slab thickness

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HARVESTING; MOISTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BANANA DEHYDRATION; DRYING KINETICS; FRUIT MATURITY; SLAB THICKNESS;

FRUITS;

AIR DRYING; FRUITS; HUMIDITY; MATURITY;

EID: 33748786253     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.01.063     Document Type: Article

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