Recent developments in solar drying technology of food and agricultural products: A review

HS El-Mesery, AI El-Seesy, Z Hu, Y Li - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
The potential of climate-resilient energy practices depends on the integration of sustainable
energy with energy storage, such as solar energy. Solar energy offers desirable thermal …

A review of thin layer drying of foods: theory, modeling, and experimental results

Z Erbay, F Icier - Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Drying is a complicated process with simultaneous heat and mass transfer, and food drying
is especially very complex because of the differential structure of products. In practice, a food …

Optimization of hot air drying of olive leaves using response surface methodology

Z Erbay, F Icier - Journal of food engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
Recently, the interest in olive leaves has increased due to its high phenolic content. Olive
leaves have a high potential for industrial exploitation in the food industry and drying is the …

Decontamination of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus spores on hazelnuts via atmospheric pressure fluidized bed plasma reactor

BG Dasan, M Mutlu, IH Boyaci - International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, an atmospheric pressure fluidized bed plasma (APFBP) system was designed
and its decontamination effect on aflatoxigenic fungi (Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus …

Degradation of mycotoxins using microwave-induced argon plasma at atmospheric pressure

BJ Park, K Takatori, Y Sugita-Konishi, IH Kim… - Surface and Coatings …, 2007 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites of fungi causing health problems in humans,
animals and agricultural products. Therefore, the inactivation or degradation of mycotoxins …

Influence of storage conditions on the quality of shelled and roasted almonds

P Garcıa-Pascual, M Mateos, V Carbonell… - Biosystems …, 2003 - Elsevier
The storage of four varieties of almond, three Spanish and one native to and imported from
California (USA), was investigated at two temperatures (8 and 36° C), two packaging …

Optimization of drying of olive leaves in a pilot-scale heat pump dryer

Z Erbay, F Icier - Drying Technology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, the interest in olive leaf has increased due to its high phenolic content. It has a
high potential for industrial exploitation in food industry and the main process in olive leaf …

Hot-air assisted continuous radio frequency heating for improving drying efficiency and retaining quality of inshell hazelnuts (Corylus avellana L. cv. Barcelona)

W Wang, W Wang, Y Wang, R Yang, J Tang… - Journal of Food …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hot-air assisted continuous radio frequency (HARF) heating was utilized to dry inshell
hazelnuts to achieve rapid heating and better retention of nut quality. Effect of electrode gap …

Determination of aflatoxins in hazelnuts by various sample preparation methods and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

A Bacaloni, C Cavaliere, F Cucci, P Foglia… - … of Chromatography A, 2008 - Elsevier
A sensitive and reliable liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometric with
electrospray ionization method for determining aflatoxins in hazelnuts has been developed …

Infrared drying of dill leaves: Drying characteristics, temperature distributions, performance analyses and colour changes

D Tezcan, S Sabancı, M Cevik… - Food Science and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Thin-layer drying behaviour of dill leaves samples under three different infrared radiation
power intensities was investigated. Diffusion Approach was found to be the best model that …