Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Study on Thin-Layer Vacuum Drying of Ginger (Zingiber Officinale R.) Slices

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1379-1383

  Thorat, Indrajit D ^a   Mohapatra, Debabandya ^a   Sutar, R F ^a   Kapdi, S S ^a   Jagtap, Dipali D ^a  

^a ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Drying model; Ginger slices; Moisture diffusivity; Vacuum drying

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; CHAMBER PRESSURE; DRYING MODEL; DRYING RATES; DRYING TEMPERATURE; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; EFFECTIVE MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; FALLING-RATE PERIOD; FICK'S DIFFUSION EQUATION; GINGER SLICES; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; INFINITE SERIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; MOISTURE RATIOS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THIN LAYERS; VACUUM DRYING; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; EXPERIMENTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VACUUM; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

DRYING;

ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84859434549     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-010-0429-y     Document Type: Article

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