Drying kinetics of tomato slices in vacuum assisted solar and open sun drying methods

Drying Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1349-1357

  Rajkumar, P ^a   Kulanthaisami, S ^a   Raghavan, G S V ^b   Gariepy Y ^b   Orsat, V ^b  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drying kinetics; Open sun drying; Tomato slice; Vacuum assisted solar dryer; Weather parameters

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; KINETICS; MOISTURE; SOLAR DRYERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

COLOR RETENTION; OPEN SUN DRYING; SOLAR INSOLATION; VACUUM-ASSISTED SOLAR DRYER;

DRYING;

DRYING; HYDRATION; KINETICS; MOISTURE; SOLAR DRYERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34547692757     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930701438931     Document Type: Article

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