Quality improvement of orthodox and CTC tea and performance enhancement by hybrid hot air-radio frequency (RF) dryer

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 444-449

  Shinde, Anudnya ^a   Das, Shrilekha ^a   Datta, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Drying; Hybrid; Moisture loss; Radio frequency; Tea

Indexed keywords

HOT AIR; HYBRID; HYBRID DRYING; MOISTURE LOSS; ORTHODOX TEA; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY PARAMETERS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF-POWER; TEA;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); RADIO WAVES;

DRYING;

EID: 84873361671     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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