Effect of air velocity and temperature on the drying kinetics of drumstick leaves (moringa oleifera)

International Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Premi, Monica ^a   Sharma, Harish ^a   Upadhyay, Ashutosh ^b  

^a SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Color; Drumstick leaves; Drying curves; Effective diffusivity

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; CONVECTIVE DRYERS; DRUMSTICK LEAVES; DRYING CURVES; DRYING KINETIC; DRYING RATES; DRYING TEMPERATURE; DRYING TIME; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; EFFECTIVE MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COLOR; DRYING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VELOCITY;

AIR;

MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 84870490228     PISSN: 15563758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1556-3758.1986     Document Type: Article

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