Modeling the thin‐layer drying of fruits and vegetables: A review

DI Onwude, N Hashim, RB Janius… - … reviews in food …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The drying of fruits and vegetables is a complex operation that demands much energy and
time. In practice, the drying of fruits and vegetables increases product shelf‐life and reduces …

A review of thin layer drying of foods: theory, modeling, and experimental results

Z Erbay, F Icier - Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Drying is a complicated process with simultaneous heat and mass transfer, and food drying
is especially very complex because of the differential structure of products. In practice, a food …

Effect of temperature and air velocity on drying kinetics, antioxidant capacity, total phenolic content, colour, texture and microstructure of apple (var. Granny Smith) …

A Vega-Gálvez, K Ah-Hen, M Chacana, J Vergara… - Food chemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the effect of temperature and air velocity on the drying
kinetics and quality attributes of apple (var. Granny Smith) slices during drying. Experiments …

Solar drying of agricultural products: A review

AA El-Sebaii, SM Shalaby - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The use of solar energy in recent years had reached a remarkable edge. The continuous
research for an alternative power source due to the perceived scarcity of fuel fossils is its …

A comprehensive review of thin-layer drying models used in agricultural products

C Ertekin, MZ Firat - Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Drying is one of the widely used methods of grain, fruit, and vegetable preservation. The
important aim of drying is to reduce the moisture content and thereby increase the lifetime of …

A review on development of solar drying applications

G Pirasteh, R Saidur, SMA Rahman… - … and sustainable energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
Drying is an essential process in the preservation of agricultural crops and in industries,
such as textile production, dairy processing, cement production, clay brick production, tile …

[HTML][HTML] Kinetic models for drying techniques—food materials

UE Inyang, IO Oboh, BR Etuk - Advances in Chemical Engineering and …, 2018 - scirp.org
Drying operations can help in reducing the moisture content of food materials for avoidance
of microbial growth and deterioration, for shelf life elongation, to minimize packaging and …

The thin layer drying characteristics of organic apple slices

K Sacilik, AK Elicin - Journal of food engineering, 2006 - Elsevier
In this research, the organic apple slices were dried as single layer with thicknesses of 5 and
9mm in the ranges of 40–60° C of the drying air temperature in a convective hot air dryer …

Determination of suitable thin layer drying curve model for some vegetables and fruits

EK Akpinar - Journal of food engineering, 2006 - Elsevier
This study presents a mathematical modeling of thin layer drying of potato, apple and
pumpkin slices in a convective cyclone dryer. In order to estimate and select the appropriate …

Modeling using a new thin layer drying model and product quality of cocoa

CL Hii, CL Law, M Cloke - Journal of food engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
A new semi-theoretical thin layer model for modeling the air drying of cocoa beans with
overnight tempering at ambient temperature was developed. The new model was a …