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 …

Non-thermal hybrid drying of fruits and vegetables: A review of current technologies

DI Onwude, N Hashim, R Janius, K Abdan… - Innovative Food Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fruits and vegetables are very perishable commodities that have enormous industrial and
commercial importance. To preserve its quality attributes, increase shelf life, and reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Colour change kinetics of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) slices during convective air drying and bioactive compounds of the dried products

SK Chikpah, JK Korese, B Sturm, O Hensel - Journal of Agriculture and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The high contents of bioactive compounds make the pumpkin fruit an important crop for the
development of novel functional foods for improving food security, nutrition and health. This …

Optimization of convective drying by response surface methodology

H Majdi, JA Esfahani, M Mohebbi - Computers and Electronics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, response surface methodology (RSM) is applied to state an optimized system
for convective drying of apple slices using desirability function. The interaction of the …

[PDF][PDF] Application of immersion pre-treatments and drying temperatures to improve the comprehensive quality of pineapple (Ananas comosus) slices

W Zzaman, R Biswas, MA Hossain - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Drying of pineapple slices combined with different pre-treatments was done to reduce
various adverse changes by adding satisfactory value. Process optimization was done by …

Optimization of hot air drying temperature combined with pre-treatment to improve physico-chemical and nutritional quality of 'Annurca'apple

B Önal, G Adiletta, A Crescitelli, M Di Matteo… - Food and Bioproducts …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract 'Annurca'apple, a southern Italian cultivar, is known for its reddening, taste and
flavour among the other types of apples, and also for health promoting effects. The aim of …

Effects of hot-air and hybrid hot air-microwave drying on drying kinetics and textural quality of nectarine slices

SH Miraei Ashtiani, B Sturm, A Nasirahmadi - Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018 - Springer
Drying and physicochemical characteristics of nectarine slices were investigated using hot-
air and hybrid hot air-microwave drying methods under fixed air temperature and air speed …

Influence of process control strategies on drying kinetics, colour and shrinkage of air dried apples

B Sturm, AMN Vega, WC Hofacker - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
The influence of two different control strategies, constant air temperature and constant
product temperature, on product quality and drying behaviour of apples was investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring and optimization of the process of drying fruits and vegetables using computer vision: A review

F Raponi, R Moscetti, D Monarca, A Colantoni… - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
An overview is given regarding the most recent use of non-destructive techniques during
drying used to monitor quality changes in fruits and vegetables. Quality changes were …

[HTML][HTML] Coating pretreatment of banana slices using carboxymethyl cellulose in an ultrasonic system before convective drying

FN Dehsheikh, ST Dinani - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Drying is one of the oldest methods of food preservation. However, this method requires
careful promotion and maintenance of the quality of the dried products. In this paper …