Drying of apple slices (var. Golab) and effect on moisture diffusivity and activation energy

Plant OMICS

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 97-102

  Meisami asl, E ^a   Rafiee, S ^a   Keyhani, A ^a   Tabatabaeefar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Apple; Moisture diffusivity; Page model; Thin layer

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 79957825843     PISSN: 18360661     EISSN: 18363644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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