Thin layer drying kinetics of cocoa and dried product quality

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-161

  Hii, C L ^a   Law, C L ^b   Cloke, M ^a   Suzannah, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b Malaysian Cocoa Board ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCOA; FLAVONOIDS; KINETICS; OVENS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TEXTURES;

COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; FICK'S LAW OF DIFFUSION; POLYPHENOL CONTENT; QUALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; THEORETICAL MODELLING; THIN LAYER DRYING;

DRYING;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 59049091308     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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