Effect of pre-treatment on the drying characteristics and kinetics of okra (Abelmoschus esculetus (L.) Moench) slices

International Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sobukola, Olajide ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Diffusivity; Drying; Kinetics; Modelling; Okra; Pretreatment; Temperature; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DIFFUSION; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETICS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ARRHENIUS TYPE RELATIONSHIPS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; OKRA; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT CONDITIONS; THICKNESS; THIN LAYER DRYING MODELS;

DRYING;

ABELMOSCHUS;

EID: 68149089588     PISSN: 15563758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1556-3758.1191     Document Type: Article

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