Effects of operating conditions on the combined convective-microwave drying of agar gels

Drying Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1867-1873

  Bonafonte, A B ^a   Iglesias, O ^a   Bueno, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agar gels; Combined convective microwave drying; Drying kinetics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GELS; HEAT CONVECTION; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE;

AGAR GELS; CONVECTIVE-MICROWAVE DRYING; DRYING KINETICS;

DRYING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DRYING; GELS; HEAT CONVECTION; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 36048931666     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930701677736     Document Type: Article

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