Keywords: Drying kinetics, effective moisture diffusivity, ginger, mechanical drying, quality
MBE =
Model
Reference
Newton
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Diffusion
approximation
Two-term
exponential
Overhults
MR = e-kt
n
MR = e-kt
n
(-kt)
MR = e
=
2
i =1
... 1
1
2
1
2
RMSE = (MR exp, i MR pre, i ) ... 2
N i=1
1 N
(MR exp, i MR pre, i ) ... 3
N i=1
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Table 2. Effective moisture diffusivity for drying of ginger in different
layers in mechanical tray drier
Tray levels
Effective moisture
Diffusivity (m2 s1)
TI
1.91 x 10-7
T II
1.82 x 10-7
T III
1.82 x 10-7
T IV
1.75 x 10-7
TV
1.39 x 10-7
T VI
1.31 x 10-7
Over all
1.59 x 10-7
Essential Oleoresin
oil (%)
(%)
Moisture
Crude
content (%) fibre (%)
4.5
9.4
2.4
Sun drying
2.0
4.6
9.8
2.5
CD (5 %)
0.16
0.41
0.87
0.22
SED
0.06
0.14
0.31
0.08
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