Dehydration characteristics of papaya (carica pubenscens): Determination of equilibrium moisture content and diffusion coefficient

Journal of Food Process Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 645-663

  Lemus Mondaca, R ^a   Betoret, N ^b   Vega GalvEz A ^a   Lara Aravena, E ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ANDERSONS; ARRHENIUS-TYPE EQUATION; COLOMBIA; DE BOERS; DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DRY MATTERS; DRYING KINETIC; DRYING TIME; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; EMPIRICAL MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FICK'S SECOND LAW; FIT QUALITY; GUGGENHEIM; MOISTURE CONTENTS; PAGE MODELS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY RANGE; SORPTION DATA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TROPICAL FRUITS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEHYDRATION; DESORPTION; DEWATERING; DIFFUSION; DRYING; FRUITS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; STATISTICAL TESTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA;

EID: 70349596358     PISSN: 01458876     EISSN: 17454530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4530.2007.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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