Article: Geometric and Thermo-Gravimetric Evaluation of Bananas during Convective Drying: An Experimental Investigation
Agriculture (Basel). 2022 Aug. 09, v. 12, no. 8
2022
Abstract: Fresh bananas are fruits with high moisture content after harvest and are submitted to a drying process to minimize waste and increase shelf life. This work aims to experimentally study the convective drying of bananas in an oven with hot-air ... ...
| Abstract | Fresh bananas are fruits with high moisture content after harvest and are submitted to a drying process to minimize waste and increase shelf life. This work aims to experimentally study the convective drying of bananas in an oven with hot-air recirculation, evaluating the geometric shape during moisture removal and product heating. Hand-peeled whole-banana samples, cut into longitudinal and transversal slices were dried at temperatures of 40 and 70 °C. Results of drying kinetics, heating and dimensional variations in terms of surface area and volume are presented and analyzed. It was found that cut bananas dry, heat up and change their dimensions faster than bananas in their natural form and that the area/volume relationships and the air temperature influence the drying kinetics, heating and volumetric variations of the fruit. |
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| Keywords | agriculture ; air temperature ; fruits ; geometry ; heat ; ovens ; shelf life ; surface area ; thermogravimetry ; water content |
| Language | English |
| Dates of publication | 2022-0809 |
| Publishing place | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| Document type | Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2651678-0 |
| ISSN | 2077-0472 |
| ISSN | 2077-0472 |
| DOI | 10.3390/agriculture12081181 |
| Database | NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA) |
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