Recent advances in sustainable drying of agricultural produce: A review

RO Lamidi, L Jiang, PB Pathare, YD Wang, AP Roskilly - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Quests for sustainability, food security and need to decouple food prices from fluctuating
prices of finite fossil fuels are the drivers to sustainable processing and storage of …

Advancements in ginger drying technologies

A Malik, M Kumar - Journal of Stored Products Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is one of the most widely used spice cum medicinal herbs. The
high initial moisture content of the freshly harvested ginger (85–90% wet basis) makes it …

Drying kinetics and quality analysis of black turmeric (Curcuma caesia) drying in a mixed mode forced convection solar dryer integrated with thermal energy storage

DVN Lakshmi, P Muthukumar, A Layek, PK Nayak - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Performances of a mixed mode forced convection solar dryer integrated with paraffin wax
based thermal energy storage have been studied for drying the sliced black turmeric …

Infrared assisted hot air dryer for turmeric slices: Effect on drying rate and quality parameters

G Jeevarathinam, R Pandiselvam, T Pandiarajan… - Lwt, 2021 - Elsevier
An infrared assisted with hot air dryer (IRHAD) was designed and developed to retain the
quality of turmeric during drying. Drying experiments were conducted at three different mode …

Thin layer drying kinetics and exergy analysis of turmeric (Curcuma longa) in a mixed mode forced convection solar tunnel dryer

AK Karthikeyan, S Murugavelh - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A low cost and user friendly solar tunnel dryer was fabricated for drying of indigenous agro
products. Experimental investigation and drying kinetics of turmeric (Curcuma longa) in a …

Design, development, and drying kinetics of infrared‐assisted hot air dryer for turmeric slices

G Jeevarathinam, R Pandiselvam… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An infrared‐assisted hot air dryer was designed and developed for turmeric slices. The dryer
has been developed using an infrared heating source, heating coils, and blower. The total …

[HTML][HTML] Turmeric means “yellow” in Bengali: Lead chromate pigments added to turmeric threaten public health across Bangladesh

JE Forsyth, S Nurunnahar, SS Islam, M Baker… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Adulteration is a growing food safety concern worldwide. Previous studies have implicated
turmeric as a source of lead (Pb) exposure due to the addition of lead chromate (PbCrO 4), a …

Formation of 6-, 8-and 10-shogaol in ginger through application of different drying methods: altered antioxidant and antimicrobial activity

A Ghasemzadeh, HZE Jaafar, A Baghdadi… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Gingerols and shogaols are compounds found in ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe);
shogaols are found in lower concentration than gingerols but exhibit higher biological …

Experimental investigations on drying kinetics, modeling and quality analysis of small cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) dried in solar-biomass hybrid dryer

R Shreelavaniya, S Kamaraj, S Subramanian… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
An indirect active solar-biomass hybrid dryer (SBHD) has been developed to study the
drying kinetics, mathematical modeling, and quality of dried small cardamom. The …

Drying of selected major spices: Characteristics and influencing parameters, drying technologies, quality retention and energy saving, and mathematical models

P Majumder, A Sinha, R Gupta, SS Sablani - Food and Bioprocess …, 2021 - Springer
Demand for value-added spices all year round has warranted suitable post-harvest
processing, since most are non-perennial by nature and perishable owing to enzymatic or …