Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a traditional staple crop grown for its starchy fruit throughout Oceania. This study therefore investigated the effect of maturity and different drying methods on some rheological and physicochemical properties of reconstituted breadfruit flour (Artocarpus altilis) (amala). Freshly harvested breadfruits (mature and immature) were washed in clean water to remov...

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Maize is an important cereal produced for food and feed its nutritional composition viability could be affected when subjected to inappropriate drying conditions. This study investigated the effects of temperature on proximate maize grains dried at different levels in a solar biomass hybrid dryer. Proximate analysis was performed using standard A.O.A.C. methods. Germination test done sterilized...

ABSTARCT: Solar drying is an integral part of rural life for various products, especially vegetable, fruits & spices which are produced in rural areas and have no scientific means of preserving such raw products. This paper is an attempt to review the solar drying process & solar dryers used for chilli drying worldwide which includes types of solar dryer, drying process & techno economical feas...

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 ...

Several post-harvest technologies have been introduced over the past years to help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa reduce crop losses. However, not all these fit same application purpose meet needs of different locations. This study, therefore, applied a multi-criteria decision method, analytical hierarchy process (AHP), select an appropriate biomass burner based on its technical perf...

This work presents a new all-inclusive mathematical model that combines both processes and an energy analysis of semi-automated biomass-powered multipurpose dryer. A was developed wood sample used to simulate the model. Energy interaction between system established. Most importantly, incorporation sensor control ensures that, once there is increase in thermal from combustion biomass, signal pas...

The objective of this work was to determine the effects of blanching and two drying methods, open-sun drying and natural convection solar drying, on the quality characteristics of red pepper. A 2 × 3 factorial design with experimental factors as 2 drying methods (open-sun drying and use of solar dryer) and 3 levels of pepper blanching (unblanched, blanched in plain water, and blanched in 2% NaC...