Effects of tomato geometries and air temperature on the drying behavior of plum tomato

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1369-1375

  Brooks, M S ^a   Abou El Hana, N H ^a   Ghaly, A E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air drying; Area; Drying rate; Geometry; Moisture ratio; Specific moisture loss; Temperature; Time; Tomato; Volume; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649108416     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2008.1369.1375     Document Type: Article

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