Heat pump drying of green sweet pepper

Drying Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1584-1590

  Pal, U S ^a   Khan, M K ^a   Mohanty, S N ^a  

^a ORISSA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Characteristic drying curve; Dimensionless drying rate; Mathematical model; Thin layer drying

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; DEWATERING; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; KETONES; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PORPHYRINS; PUMPS;

ASCORBIC ACIDS; CHARACTERISTIC DRYING CURVE; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATIONS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DEHYDRATED PRODUCTS; DIMENSIONLESS DRYING RATE; DRYING AIRS; DRYING CURVES; DRYING RATES; DRYING TIMES; ENERGY CONSUMPTIONS; HEAT PUMP DRYERS; HEAT PUMP DRYING; HEAT PUMPS; HOT AIRS; LEWIS EQUATIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; QUALITY PARAMETERS; REHYDRATION RATIOS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SENSORY SCORES; SPECIFIC MOISTURE EXTRACTION RATES; STEEPER SLOPES; SWEET PEPPERS; THIN-LAYER DRYING; TOTAL CHLOROPHYLLS;

CURING;

EID: 56549112024     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930802467144     Document Type: Article

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