Measurement of the water-diffusion coefficient, apparent density changes and shrinkage during the drying of eggplant (Solanum melongena)

International Journal of Food Properties

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 523-537

  Aversa, Maria ^a   Curcio, Stefano ^a   Calabrò, Vincenza ^a   Iorio, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent density; Drying; Effective diffusion coefficient; Halogen moisture analyzer; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DENSITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOOD SAMPLES; HALOGEN MOISTURE ANALYZER; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NON-LINEAR; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

CURING; DRYING; HALOGEN ELEMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE METERS; SHRINKAGE;

DIFFUSION;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 79953120777     PISSN: 10942912     EISSN: 15322386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10942910903261410     Document Type: Article

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