Characterization of thin layer drying of Spirulina platensis utilizing perpendicular air flow

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1297-1303

  Oliveira, E G ^a   Rosa, G S ^a   Moraes, M A ^a   Pinto, L A A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drying; Effective diffusivity; Isotherms; Solubility; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEWATERING; ISOTHERMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THEOREM PROVING;

ACID MEDIUMS; AIR FLOWS; AIR TEMPERATURES; ANDERSON; DE BOERS; DRY WEIGHTS; DRYING CONDITIONS; DRYING CURVES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; GUGGENHEIM; HUMAN NUTRITIONS; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; ISOTHERM DATUMS; MATERIAL LOADS; MICROALGAE; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSES; PHYCOCYANIN; PROTEIN CONTENTS; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; STATISTICAL MODELS; THIN LAYERS;

CURING;

PHYCOCYANIN;

AIRFLOW; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIFFUSIVITY; ISOTHERM; MICROALGA; MODELING; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ISOTHERM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SOLUBILITY; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESICCATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RHEOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; SPIRULINA; WATER;

ANIMALIA; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 55549119924     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.05.052     Document Type: Article

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