Drying characteristics of Amelie mango were investigated through slices shrinkage
behaviour at 50, 60 and 70° C and drying kinetics at temperatures ranging from 50 to 70° C …

An optical fiber humidity sensor (OFHS) has been fabricated using a hydrophilic gel
(agarose) deposited on the thinner zone of a biconically tapered single-mode optical fiber. A …

A new type of fiber optic relative humidity (RH) sensor based on an agarose coated silica
microsphere resonator is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Whispering gallery …

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of different drying methods on
the rheological and textural properties and color changes in Balangu seed gum. Three …

An optical fiber humidity sensor with a microfiber knot resonator (MKR) nested U-shaped
Mach-Zehnder (MZ) interferometer based on the Vernier effect is proposed. While the …

Agarose gels are viscoelastic soft solids that display a porous microstructure filled with water
at 90% w/w or more. Despite an extensive use in food industry and microbiology, little is …

Implicit equations relating the dimensionless drying rate to the reduced moisture content for
porous non-hygroscopic slabs have been determined. This study is based on the receding …

The steady-state fluorescence technique was used to study drying of κ-carrageenan gel at
various temperatures. Pyranine was doped as a fluorescence probe, and scattered light, I sc …

We are interested in the simulation of heat and mass transfer processes accompanying the
drying of a deformable agricultural product. We have used an implicit method with classical …

A simple hydrothermal method has been used to prepare for the first time high-
concentration, microstructurally compact agar hydrogels (3–30 g agar per 100 ml H2O) …