Mathematical modeling of moisture content of apple slices (Var. Golab) during drying

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 804-809

  Meisami asl, Elham ^a   Rafiee, Shahin ^a   Keyhani, Alireza ^a   Tabatabaeefar, Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apple slice; Midilli model; Modeling; Moisture content; Thin layer drying

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; APPLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; FOOD ANALYSIS; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 65249180104     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.804.809     Document Type: Article

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