Modelling of the drying kinetics of Opuntia Ficus Indica fruits and cladodes

International Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Touil, Amira ^a   Chemkhi, Saber ^b   Zagrouba, Fethi ^c  

^a Institut Supérieur des Etudes Technologiques de Zaghouan   (Tunisia)

^b Centre Recherches et Technologies de l'Energie   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cladode; Drying kinetics; Fruit; Infrared drying; Mathematical model; Opuntia ficus indica

Indexed keywords

CLADODE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRYING BEHAVIOURS; DRYING CURVES; DRYING EQUATIONS; DRYING KINETIC; DRYING KINETICS; DRYING RATES; DRYING TEMPERATURE; FALLING DRYING RATE PERIOD; MMF MODEL; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; PRICKLY PEAR; STANDARD ERRORS;

CURING; DEWATERING; FRUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

INFRARED DRYING;

OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 77950600872     PISSN: 15563758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1556-3758.1589     Document Type: Article

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