Vacuum drying kinetics of yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) and the effect of process conditions on fractal dimension and rehydration capacity

Drying Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-19

  Reis, Felipe Richter ^a   Lenzi, Marcelo Kaminski ^a   de Muñiz, Graciela Inês Bolzón ^a   Nisgoski, Silvana ^a   Masson, Maria Lucia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; BEST FIT; BOX-COUNTING METHOD; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; COLOR MEASUREMENTS; DRYING KINETIC; DRYING TEMPERATURE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; PAGE MODELS; PERCENTAGE ERROR; PROCESS CONDITION; REHYDRATION CAPACITY; REHYDRATION RATIO; SLICE THICKNESS; THIN LAYER DRYING; VACUUM DRYING;

CITRIC ACID; COLOR COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DRYING; KINETICS; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; VACUUM;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 80054022514     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2011.611307     Document Type: Article

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