Different drying methods viz., Sun drying, shade drying and tray drying (temperature 45, 55 and 65 0C) were used for dehydration of curry (Murraya koenigii) leaves for optimal retention of color and its constituents. It was observed that the time required for tray drying was less (27%), when compared to sun and shade drying. Tray dried (550C) curry leaves had maintained nutritional constituents...

In this study, the effects of the storage duration of coffee cherries after harvest before putting out for sun drying on the kinetics of drying, fungi development and the variation of physicochemical content were evaluated. The results showed that the longer coffee cherries were stored after harvest before putting out for sun drying, the quicker they dried. Indeed, the drying durations were 19,...

Drying is a very basic process for reducing the moisture content of material or product. It oldest technique used to extend shelf life The idea dry in comparing cucumber and radish with same thickness shape sample. result different samples, operation time temperature impact drying kinetics. As results at open area naturally gave information have impacted rate drying. type sample specific chemic...

The effect of size reduction on the drying rate of cassava (Manihot sp.) and plantain (Musa paradisiacal) chips were analyzed comparatively through physical and statistical operations. In this study, duplicate cassava and plantain chips were used with varying thicknesses of 2mm, 4mm, 6mm and 8mm. The chips were subjected to natural sun drying with ambient temperature of 29C and artificial tray ...

Drying of wild pomegranate seeds was carried out by using various drying methods to evaluate the best and feasible method of drying and to produce a value added product “anardana”. The various drying methods used were vacuum drying, oven drying, sun drying, poly-tent house drying and room drying. The experimental results showed that out of all the drying methods, sun drying method for anardana ...

BACKGROUND The current typical drying methods for red ginseng are sun drying and hot-air drying. The purpose of this study was to investigate drying characteristics of red ginseng by using far-infrared drying. METHODS The far-infrared drying tests on red ginseng were conducted at two drying stages: (1) high temperature for 24 h drying and (2) low temperature drying until the final moisture co...

in recent years immense interest has been focused on the use of solar dryers especially when taking into consideration economical and ecological aspects and increasing in fuel costs. the aim of this study was to compare the qualitative factors of raisins made by five different drying methods. at the first step, pretreatments were applied to grapes (var. sultanas) and then the grapes were dried ...

Abstract—There was a scenario present day that drying of fresh fruits and vegetables by indirect solar drying by using mechanical device; hence, an effort was made to develop a small scale solar tunnel dryer (STD). Drying of spinach is carried out to analyze the performance of the dryer and to study its drying characteristics. To evaluate the performance of dryer the independent variables were ...

A survey among 246 people belonging to 14 ethnic groups and living in 5 different parklands in Benin revealed different practices to process shea kernels (namely boiling followed sun drying and smoking) and extract shea butter. A relation between parklands, gathering period, and sun-drying conditions was established. Moisture content and appearance of kernels were the selection criteria for use...

drying, is one of the important postharvest processes of medicinal plants with an important role played in quality and quantity of the drugs. in this research, in order to study the effect of growing conditions and different drying methods on drying time, essential oil content, color characteristics and microbial load of dracocephalum moldavica, a factorial experiment in randomized complete blo...