Comparison of drying characteristics of Thompson seedless grapes using combined microwave oven and hot air drying

Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-40

  Kassem, A S ^a   Shokr, A Z ^a   El Mahdy, A R ^a   Aboukarima, A M ^b   Hamed, E Y ^c  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Technology Center   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Grapes; Hot air drying; Microwave oven; Total soluble solids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856231852     PISSN: 1658077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssas.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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