drying kinetics of olive fruit (variety Zarrazi). The thin layer drying characteristics of olive fruit
(variety Zarrazi) was investigated under three microwave power densities; 1, 1.5 and 2 W/g.
The experimental data were fitted appropriately to Page model. The effective moisture
diffusivity was calculated in the range from 5.96× 10-9 to 13.00× 10-9 m2/s. The values of k
and Deff increased with the increase of power density. An Arrhenius relation with an …