Hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste
Hot air drying of thin layers of a paste from prickly pear fruit (without seeds) to obtain a chewy product was studied. The effect of air temperature (50 to 80°C) and sample thickness (4, 6, and 8 mm) on drying kinetics was analyzed. Drying curves were obtained, and drying data were fitted to Lewis,...
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| author | Abraham-Juárez, Ma. del Rosario Olalde-Portugal, Víctor Cerón-García, Abel Sosa-Morales, María Elena |
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| description | Hot air drying of thin layers of a paste from prickly pear fruit (without seeds) to obtain a chewy product was studied. The effect of air temperature (50 to 80°C) and sample thickness (4, 6, and 8 mm) on drying kinetics was analyzed. Drying curves were obtained, and drying data were fitted to Lewis, Henderson & Pabis, Peleg and Page mathematical models. The models were compared by two statistical parameters (coefficient of determination and reduced chi-squared). The drying rate curves showed that the layers of the paste were characterized by a single-falling-rate period. Water loss during drying was described by Fick’s equation and effective diffusivity, ranging between 0.75 and 7.05×10-9 m2s-1 depending on drying conditions. Activation energy was calculated from Arrhenius equation, being 34.51, 29.86, and 25.31 kJmol-1 for layers of 4, 6, and 8 mm thickness, respectively. The Page model fitted adequately the drying process of thin layers of the paste from prickly pear fruit. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:130882019-06-22T00:33:59Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13088/ Hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste Abraham-Juárez, Ma. del Rosario Olalde-Portugal, Víctor Cerón-García, Abel Sosa-Morales, María Elena Hot air drying of thin layers of a paste from prickly pear fruit (without seeds) to obtain a chewy product was studied. The effect of air temperature (50 to 80°C) and sample thickness (4, 6, and 8 mm) on drying kinetics was analyzed. Drying curves were obtained, and drying data were fitted to Lewis, Henderson & Pabis, Peleg and Page mathematical models. The models were compared by two statistical parameters (coefficient of determination and reduced chi-squared). The drying rate curves showed that the layers of the paste were characterized by a single-falling-rate period. Water loss during drying was described by Fick’s equation and effective diffusivity, ranging between 0.75 and 7.05×10-9 m2s-1 depending on drying conditions. Activation energy was calculated from Arrhenius equation, being 34.51, 29.86, and 25.31 kJmol-1 for layers of 4, 6, and 8 mm thickness, respectively. The Page model fitted adequately the drying process of thin layers of the paste from prickly pear fruit. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019-02 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13088/1/13%20Ma%20del%20Rosario%20Abraham%20Juarez.pdf Abraham-Juárez, Ma. del Rosario and Olalde-Portugal, Víctor and Cerón-García, Abel and Sosa-Morales, María Elena (2019) Hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste. Sains Malaysiana, 48 (2). pp. 361-367. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid48bil2_2019/KandunganJilid48Bil2_2019.html |
| spellingShingle | Abraham-Juárez, Ma. del Rosario Olalde-Portugal, Víctor Cerón-García, Abel Sosa-Morales, María Elena Hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste |
| title | Hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste |
| title_full | Hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste |
| title_fullStr | Hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste |
| title_short | Hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste |
| title_sort | hot air drying kinetics of thin layers of prickly pear fruit paste |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13088/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13088/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13088/1/13%20Ma%20del%20Rosario%20Abraham%20Juarez.pdf |