A novel alternative method for modeling the effects of air temperature and slice thickness on quality and drying kinetics of tomato slices: Superposition technique

Drying Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 759-775

  Khazaei, Javad ^a   Chegini, Gholam Reza ^a   Bakhshiani, Maryam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Diffusivity; Drying; Master curve; Neural network; Superposition technique; Tomato slices

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CURING; DEWATERING; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DRYING; FRUITS; WATER CONTENT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASCORBIC ACID; DIFFUSIVITY; DRYING KINETICS; MASTER CURVE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NEURAL NETWORK; SLICE THICKNESS; SUPERPOSITION TECHNIQUE; TOMATO SLICES; WATER DIFFUSIVITY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 46049104173     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930802046427     Document Type: Article

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