Drying is one of the major unit operation in food industry and it kinetics data required for optimization. The aim this study was to evaluate effect air temperature (50, 60, 70°C), velocity (0.5, 1, 1.5 m/s), slice thickness (3, 6, 9 mm) on moisture ratio yam during drying. Ten (10) different empirical models were used fitting experimental data, prediction performance evaluated with sum square ...

This study calibrated a refined split-window algorithm for land surface temperature (LST) retrieval based on Fengyun-2D (FY-2D) meteorological satellite. First, FY-2D emissivity (LSE) was predicted from Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) LSE sensors spectral similarities. The retrieved LST data were validated in an arid region where the traditional generally performed unsatis...

This work evaluates different procedures for the application of a semi-empirical model to derive time-series of Leaf Area Index (LAI) maps in operation frameworks. For demonstration, multi-temporal observations of DEIMOS-1 satellite sensor data were used. The datasets were acquired during the 2012 growing season over two agricultural regions in Southern Italy and Eastern Austria (eight and five...

In this study, the performance of three different self organization feature map (SOFM) network models denoted as SOFM1, SOFM2, and SOFM3 having neighborhood shapes, namely, SquareKohonenful, LineKohonenful, and DiamondKohenenful, respectively, to predict the critical factor of safety (Fs) of a widely-used artificial slope subjected to earthquake forces was investigated and compared. For this pu...

Regression analysis is a statistical technique that most commonly used for forecasting. Data sets are becoming very large due to continuous transactions in today's high-paced world. The data difficult manage and interpret. All the independent variables can’t be considered prediction because it costs high maintenance of set. A novel algorithm has been implemented this paper. Its emphasis on extr...

In this study, the drying kinetics of saffron stigmas pretreated by atmospheric pressure cold plasma pretreatment (15, 30, 45 and 60 s) followed by hot air drying (60°C and 1.5 m/s) were modeled using 10 conventional mathematical thin layer models. The use of cold plasma pretreatment reduced drying time and enhanced effective moisture diffusivity (Deff). The most accurate models describing beha...

in this study, the possibility of microwave finish drying for two types of dried grapes (natural and sultana) was investigated. the samples were washed in water bath at given temperature ranges (25 and 45 c) for 30 to 60 minutes. after dewatering the samples, they were dried using microwave (at two powers: 270 and 450 w) and hot air convective dryer (at 50 c). water gain (%), effective moistu...