study possibility producing of banana chips by combined air drying-microwave method

a comparison of hot air vs. microwave drying methods in production of banana chips

bananas of long cavendish variety constituted the experimental samples in this research work. following the slicing of bananas, the samples were treated with three pretreatments of: 1% sodium bisulphate (t1), a combination of blanching and 1% sodium bisulphate treatment (t2), combined blanching and treatment with 1% ascorbic plus citric acid (1:1) mixture (t3) as well as an untreated sample, co...

Air-drying of banana: Influence of experimental parameters, slab thickness, banana maturity and harvesting season

Air-drying of banana slabs has been investigated and the influence of experimental parameters such as temperature, relative humidity and slab thickness has been studied. This was in part re-investigated because of inconsistencies in previous studies, particularly in relation to derived water diffusion coefficients. In addition, it is shown that harvest season and hence initial moisture content ...

Drying Energy Efficiency Through Partial Air-Drying: A Case Study

The green lumber products tend towards a state of equilibrium with the surrounding environment. The final target is the equilibrium moisture content (EMC). Whether is natural convection in the lumberyard or forced convection in the kiln drier, the road towards the final EMC consumes time and energy. The air drying operations (natural convection) are not an easy task for the drying management. T...

Banana Chips (musa Acuminata) as an Alternative

Osmotic dehydration combined with hot air convective drying of Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) gel

Aloe vera gel is widely used as a functional ingredient in food processing. This gel is very unstable due to its high water activity. Drying process can be used to obtain shelf stable products. Response surface methodology was used to assess the effects of solution concentration (30-60% w/w), solution temperature (30-50°C) and immersion time (4-6h) at atmospheric pressure and constant solution ...

study of cohesive devices in the textbook of english for the students of apsychology by rastegarpour

this study investigates the cohesive devices used in the textbook of english for the students of psychology. the research questions and hypotheses in the present study are based on what frequency and distribution of grammatical and lexical cohesive devices are. then, to answer the questions all grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in reading comprehension passages from 6 units of 21units th...