The increasing consumption of dried fruits requires further attention on the quality
parameters. Drying has become necessary because most fruits are highly perishable owing …

Processing and conservation of grapes by suitable techniques has been a major
challenging issue for a long time. Optimization of drying and pretreatment operations of this …

In order to establish the influence of the drying air characteristics on the drying performance
of figs (ficus carica) several drying tests have been carried out in a laboratory scale tunnel …

The effects of alkali emulsion of ethyl oleate and air temperature (60, 70 and 75° C) on the
drying characteristics of sweet cherry were studied using a hot air dryer at a constant air …

Berberis is known as a medicinal and ornamental plant in the world. Berberis fruit is used in
medicine to cure liver, neck and stomach cancer, blood purification and mouth scent. Dried …

In the present work, the drying behavior of grapes under open sun and into indirect solar
dryer was studied. The indirect solar dryer was designed in the Solar Energy and …

In the present work, selected mathematical thin-layer drying models, available in the
literature, were fitted to experimental data using non-linear regression analysis techniques …

Comparison of drying characteristics of Thompson seedless grapes using combined
microwave oven and hot air cabinet dryer was investigated. The drying rate curves indicated …

The effect of alkali ethyl oleate solution (AEEO) on drying time of sour cherry was studied
experimentally. The thin-layer drying of sour cherries was carried out under two air …

Indirect solar convective drying is less energy intensive, and affordable. Thus, the study was
carried out to investigate the efficiency of indirect solar convective dryer system by …