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EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF CONVECTIVE DRYING KINETICS OF WHITE RADISH

Abhishek Dasore^a,*, Ramakrishna Konijeti^b , Naveen Puppala^c

a Research Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 522502, India
b Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 522502, India
c Professor, Agricultural Science Centre at Clovis, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, NMSU, NM, 88101, USA

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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2019, 13, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.13.21

Abstract

The influence of air temperature on drying kinetics of radish slices in a bench scale convective tray dryer was examined experimentally and suitable drying model was developed. The experiments of drying of radish slices were conducted at 40, 50 and 60 °C with an air velocity of 2

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