In this study, the effects of microwave drying power on drying kinetics, effective moisture diffusivity, and specific energy consumption of olive pomace were studied at three different microwave power levels of 170, 360 and 510 W. Increasing microwave power resulted in a considerable decrease in drying time. The experimental data for moisture loss was converted to moisture ratios and fitted to ...

Understanding the drying kinetics within a food dryer is an important step towards its improvement. This study investigates of potato slices in recently proposed waste-heat based convective dryer. Statistical analyses are conducted for ten dissimilar mathematical models to choose best fit model experimental data at various temperatures (70 °C, 60 and 50 °C). Results show that Midilli et al. des...

Fruits and vegetables have shorter shelf life due to their perishable nature. Tomato, being a nutritionally rich fruit needs be preserved for longer period. In this context, study was designed dry the tomato slices through microwave–vacuum drying. This process optimized moisture ratio drying rate using response surface methodology (RSM). The investigated at different power levels (30, 50, 80, 1...

Kayısı çekirdeği ağrı kesici, antimutajenik, iltihap önleyici ve antimikrobiyal olarak tıp alanında kullanılmaktadır. Ayrıca kayısı çekirdeklerinin tatlı olanları çerez tüketilmekte, acı ise kozmetik sanayisinde hammadde değerlendirilmektedir. Kullanım alanlarını dolaylı veya doğrudan etkileyeceği düşünülen kurutma işleminde yöntemlerin etkisinin belirlenmesi önemlidir. Bu amaçla yapılan çalışm...

in this research the thin layer drying behavior of apricot (cv. ghavami and nasiry) at temperatures of drying air of 40, 50, 60 and 70 ºc and at drying air velocity of 2 ms-1 was studied. in order to select the best drying curve equation, 9 different thin layer drying models were fitted to the experimental data and were compared according to their coefficient of determination (r2), reduced chi-...

In this study, coriander leaves were subjected to three different drying techniques; direct sun, shade, and using an indirect solar dryer. the developed dryer, hot air obtained from a black-body collector was pushed by blower powered panel, sent chamber with multiple trays for thin-layer drying. Experiments conducted summer winter seasons, temperature relative humidity variations in measured da...

ABSTRACT Acerola and jambolan are fruits with several bioactive compounds of phenolic origin a product made these two raw materials appears to be food high antioxidant nutraceutical potential. Therefore, this study aimed evaluate the foam mat drying mixed pulp acerola. Mixed formulations, containing 1.0% albumin 0.5% xanthan gum (F1), carboxymethylcellulose (F2) guar (F3), were dehydrated at 50...