Changes in the drying characteristics and water activity values of selected pistachio cultivars during hot air drying

Journal of Food Process Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 607-624

  Aktas, Turkan ^a   Polat, Refik ^b  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CULTIVATION; DRYING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

DRYING AIR TEMPERATURE; PISTACHIO CULTIVARS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

FRUITS;

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 34548250424     PISSN: 01458876     EISSN: 17454530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4530.2007.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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