Preserving Melons by Osmotic Dehydration in a Ternary System Followed by Air-Drying

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1305-1316

  Aminzadeh, Reza ^a   Sargolzaei, Javad ^a   Abarzani, Meghdad ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air drying; Effective diffusion coefficient; Mass transfer kinetics; Melon; Osmotic dehydration

Indexed keywords

AIR-DRYING; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; MASS TRANSFER KINETICS; MELON; OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION;

DEHYDRATION; FRUITS; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLAR DRYERS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TERNARY SYSTEMS;

OSMOSIS;

CUCUMIS; MELO;

EID: 84859436071     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-010-0488-0     Document Type: Article

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