Mathematical modeling of microwave-assisted convective heating and drying of grapes

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 46-54

  Bingol, Gokhan ^a   Pan, Zhongli ^a,b   Roberts, John S ^a   Onur Devres, Y ^c   Balaban, Murat O ^d  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Drying; Grapes; Mathematic modeling; Microwave; Thin layer

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650387651     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3965/j.issn.1934-6344.2008.02.046-054     Document Type: Article

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