Drying kinetics, texture, color, and determination of effective diffusivities during sun drying of chempedak

• Main Authors: Chong, Chien Hwa, Law, Chung Lim, Cloke, Michael, Abdullah, Luqman Chuah, Wan Daud, Wan Ramli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14141/1/Drying%20kinetics%2C%20texture%2C%20color%2C%20and%20determination%20of%20effective%20diffusivities%20during%20sun%20drying%20of%20chempedak.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14141/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07373930802307308
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Sun drying of chempedak (Artocarpus integer) was carried out on different sample sizes to investigate the effects on product quality. Fick's second law model was used to determine the effective diffusivities of sun–dried chempedak slabs based on the drying rate versus moisture content plots. In...