Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Reeta Das

Publications

• Research Article
  Evaluation of Air Drying Characteristics of Sliced Ginger (Zingiber officinale) in a Forced Convective Cabinet Dryer and Thermal Conductivity Measurement
  Author(s): Chanchal Loha, Reeta Das, Biplab Choudhury and Pradip K ChatterjeeChanchal Loha, Reeta Das, Biplab Choudhury and Pradip K Chatterjee
  
  A forced convective cabinet dryer is used to study the hot air drying characteristics of sliced ginger placed in a single layer. Ginger is dried from initial moisture content of 87-88% (w.b.) to the final moisture content of 6-7% (w.b.). Experiments are carried out with four different drying air temperatures of 45, 50, 55 and 60°C by keeping the air velocity fixed at 1.3 m/s. The moisture removal rate is found to increase with increase in temperature and drying process occurred at falling rate period for all the temperatures studied. A non-linear regression analysis is conducted to investigate the accuracy of prediction of ten selected thin layer drying models. From the statistical analysis, a best fit curve is obtained which gives better agreement to the experimental drying data. Further, the thermal conductivity of ginger is determined experimentally and a mathematical expressi.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7110.1000160

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