Effect of pretreatment and temperature on air-drying of Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata slices

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1002-1010

  Falade, Kolawole O ^a   Olurin, Taiwo O ^a   Ike, Ebenezer A ^a   Aworh, Ogugua C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Air drying; Blanching; Dioscorea alata; Dioscorea rotundata; Effective moisture diffusivity; Sulphiting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFUSION; DRYING; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIR DRYING; EFFECTIVE MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA;

EID: 33846196190     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.06.034     Document Type: Article

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