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 …

Recent advances of novel thermal combined hot air drying of agricultural crops

DI Onwude, N Hashim, G Chen - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Developing an efficient drying system with combined novel thermal and
conventional hot-air drying of agricultural crops has become potentially a viable substitute …

Effective moisture diffusivity and drying simulation of walnuts under hot air

C Chen, C Venkitasamy, W Zhang, R Khir… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to determine the effective moisture diffusivity of walnuts for the
understanding of drying mechanism and improved drying simulation. The drying …

The effect of ultrasound pre‐treatment on quality, drying, and thermodynamic attributes of almond kernel under convective dryer using ANNs and ANFIS network

M Kaveh, A Jahanbakhshi… - Journal of Food …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, different drying conditions were investigated on quality and thermodynamic
properties of almond kernel. Experiments were performed using a convection dryer with …

Assessment of energy and cost analysis of packed bed and phase change material thermal energy storage systems for the solar energy-assisted drying process

H Atalay - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, an evaluation of energy and economic analysis of two different energy storage
systems for the drying process was presented. These systems were the packed bed …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of hot air, vacuum and microwave drying on drying characteristics, rehydration capacity, color, total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of …

G Ozcan-Sinir, A Ozkan-Karabacak… - Food Science and …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Sliced kumquats were dried by using three different drying methods, microwave (375 W), hot
air (70 and 80° C), and vacuum (70 and 80° C with 100 and 300 mbar) to determine drying …

Investigation on thin-layer drying kinetics of sprouted wheat in a tray dryer

MR Manikantan, D Mridula, M Sharma… - Quality Assurance and …, 2022 - qascf.com
The thin-layer drying behavior of sprouted wheat (cv. PBW 550) was experimented at
different drying periods, such as 24 h, 36 h and 48 h. The samples were dried in a tray dryer …

Volatile and polyphenol composition, anti-oxidant, anti-diabetic and anti-aging properties, and drying kinetics as affected by convective and hybrid vacuum microwave …

A Ali, CC Oon, BL Chua, A Figiel, CH Chong… - Industrial Crops and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The preservation of herbs during post-harvest operations is crucial in maintaining their
potency. The preservation of Malaysian rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) was …

Microwave and convective drying kinetics and thermal properties of orange slices and effect of drying on some phytochemical parameters

I Alibas, A Yilmaz - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2022 - Springer
We dried the orange slices massed 100±0.10 g from the initial moisture content of 6.97±0.02
kg water kg DM− 1 to the final moisture ones of 0.12±0.01 kg water kg DM− 1 using two …

Infrared‐aided hot‐air drying of coconut: impact on drying kinetics and quality metrics

R Pandiselvam, S Davison… - journal of food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study explored various drying techniques and temperatures to analyze their effects on
the drying kinetics and quality of copra. The initial moisture content of coconut kernels was …