Modelling of air drying of fresh and blanched sweet potato slices

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-288

  Falade, Kolawole O ^a   Solademi, Oluwakemi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blanching; Drying pattern; Effective moisture diffusivity; Modeling; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

AIR DRYING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARRHENIUS RELATIONSHIP; CHI-SQUARED; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DRYING CHARACTERISTICS; DRYING CURVES; DRYING PATTERN; DRYING TEMPERATURE; DRYING TIME; EFFECTIVE MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; FALLING-RATE PERIOD; MODELING; MOISTURE DIFFUSION; MOISTURE RATIOS; PAGE MODELS; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SWEET POTATO; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BLANCHING; CURING; DIFFUSION; MOISTURE;

DRYING;

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 78649521031     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.02133.x     Document Type: Article

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