Biltong is a dried meat product that is widely consumed in South Africa. The marinated meat
is traditionally dried under ambient winter conditions while commercial biltong producers …

Purpose This study was conducted to evaluate the drying characteristics and establish the
best thin-layer drying model of marinated beef under hot air drying. Methods The drying …

Drying is an energy‐intensive unit operation in chemical, food and allied industries. It is
always desired to have low energy consumption for drying operation without compromising …

Drying operation is one of the most important unit operations used to preserve meat
products. Drying process involves a lot of mechanisms coupled together, and traditional …

Two infrared systems set at an intensity of 4777 W/m 2 with peak emission wavelengths of
2.5 and 3.5 µm were used to produce biltong by drying differently pre-treated meat. In …

In recent years, many infrared (IR) and IR‐assisted drying methods such as IR‐hot air, IR‐
vacuum, IR‐microwave, and vibration aided IR‐dryer have been reported for drying of food …

Background Drying is an important method to preserve food products. Although many
traditional drying technologies (hot air, freeze, microwave drying) have been applied …

One of the new techniques applied in the drying process of food stuffs that can increase the
drying rate, enhanced the product quality, and while decresing the costs of processing is an …

An infrared dryer was developed and infrared radiation thin layer drying of onion slices was
carried out at infrared power levels of 300, 400 and 500W, air temperatures of 35, 40 and …

One of the best methods for the preservation of agricultural product is drying, which consists
in removing water from the manufactured goods. One of the best ways to decrease drying …