this research, presents mathematical modeling of drying process of aloe vera slices with dimensions of 7×4×0.5±0.1 cm. peeled aloe vera slices with the initial moisture content of 5750% (d.b) were osmosed for 5 hours in nacl solution of 10% and temperature of 40 °c at a constant solution to fruit ratio of 5:1. osmosed and unosmosed aloe vera samples were hot air dried at 55, 70 and 85°c with di...

tea is one of the most important medicinal plants which have a considerable effect on the treatment of cardiovascular disease and cancer. the drying process of tea leaves is carried out by hot air flow which consumes high level energy. the aim of the recent research was to investigate the procedure of high power ultrasound-assisted drying process of tea leaves. hybrid variety of chinese tea was...

The present study evaluates the effect of drying treatments such as convective air drying and freeze-drying on the colour, texture, chemical properties (ash, sugars, fibre and vitamin C), phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of cucumber. The trials in the convective chamber were done at 40 oC and 60 oC, in the drying tunnel were done at 60oC and in the freeze dryer were done at -50oC. It...

the moist sample shrinks during drying and the non-uniformity shrinkage involves stresses in the body. the aim of the present work is simulating deformations and drying-induced stresses of carrot slice during a convective drying. the effect of shrinkage on the heat and mass transfer profiles were considered. non-constant physical and thermal properties were also incorporated in the model and th...

Development of protocols for storing desiccated cells at ambient temperatures offers tremendous economic and practical advantages over traditional storage procedures like cryopreservation and freeze-drying. As a first step for developing such procedures for adult stem cells, we have measured the post-rehydration membrane integrity (PRMI) of two passages, Passage-0 (P0) and Passage-1 (P1), of hu...

Ultrasonic energy was applied to assist the wood vacuum drying process. At a drying temperature of 60°C, the absolute pressure was either 0.05 MPa or 0.08 MPa; the ultrasonic power and frequency were 100 W and 28 kHz, respectively. The results showed that the effective water diffusivity of the specimens dried by the ultrasonic assisted vacuum drying at 0.05 MPa or 0.08 MPa were higher than that...