Pretreatment is widely used before drying of agro-products to inactivate enzymes, enhance
drying process and improve quality of dried products. In current work, the influence of …

Osmotic dehydration is a simultaneous mass transfer process which mainly promotes the
flow of water molecules from the food to osmo‐active solution and some migration of solutes …

This work aims to develop a standalone hybrid solar greenhouse dryer (GD) integrated with
a PV system and solar collector for smallholder processors of tomatoes postharvest …

The influence of ultrasound (US) pretreatments combined with infrared (IRD) and hot-air
(HAD) drying on drying kinetics, mathematical modeling, bioactive compounds (antioxidant …

Cashew apple is a tropical fruit which is an important byproduct of the cashew nut
processing industry. It is rich in vitamins, polyphenols, sugars, minerals, amino acids and …

The aim of this work was to evaluate the use of ultrasound, osmotic dehydration and vacuum
as a pretreatment on melon drying and product quality. The pretreatment consisted in four …

The aim of this work was to study and to model the drying kinetics of fresh and ultrasonic
pretreated banana cv Pacovan using the diffusional model (Fick's second law) and an …

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of osmo-dehydration using four
anti-browning agents (ascorbic acid (AA), citric acid (CA), EDTA and 4-Hexylresorcinol (4 …

In the present study, artificial neural network (ANN) method was applied for predicting
osmotic pretreatment based on the energy and exergy analyses in microwave drying of …

The retention of vitamin C and carotenoids was studied in the cv.'Tommy Atkins' mango as
affected by osmotic dehydration prior to hot air drying. Osmotic dehydration (OD) was carried …