Convective drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated papaya cubes

ABSTRACT This study assessed the fitting of mathematical models to the convective drying kinetics of osmotically pre-dehydrated papaya cubes. Papaya cubes were subjected to osmotic dehydration in sucrose solutions at 40 and 50 ºBrix, at temperatures of 50 and 60 ºC, followed by complementary convect...

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Main Authors: João P. de L. Ferreira, Deise S. de Castro, Inacia dos S. Moreira, Wilton P. da Silva, Rossana M. F. de Figueirêdo, Alexandre J. de M. Queiroz
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Published: Universidade Federal de Campina Grande 2020-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
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author João P. de L. Ferreira
Deise S. de Castro
Inacia dos S. Moreira
Wilton P. da Silva
Rossana M. F. de Figueirêdo
Alexandre J. de M. Queiroz
author_facet João P. de L. Ferreira
Deise S. de Castro
Inacia dos S. Moreira
Wilton P. da Silva
Rossana M. F. de Figueirêdo
Alexandre J. de M. Queiroz
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description ABSTRACT This study assessed the fitting of mathematical models to the convective drying kinetics of osmotically pre-dehydrated papaya cubes. Papaya cubes were subjected to osmotic dehydration in sucrose solutions at 40 and 50 ºBrix, at temperatures of 50 and 60 ºC, followed by complementary convective drying in forced air circulation oven under three temperatures (50, 60 and 70 °C) and constant air velocity of 1.0 m s-1. Ten thin-layer drying mathematical models were fitted to the experimental data. The increase in air temperature and the decrease in osmotic solution concentration resulted in increased water removal rate. Based on the statistical indices, the Two Terms model was the one that best described the drying kinetics of the samples for all evaluated conditions. The effective diffusion coefficients increased with the elevation of air temperature, ranging from 1.766 x 10-10 to 3.910 x 10-6 m2 s-1, whereas the convective mass transfer coefficients ranged from 3.910 x 10-7 to 1.201 x 10-6 m s-1 with Biot number from 0.001 to 12.500.
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spelling doaj-art-2f2d5e9c47f9461e9bfaf1af614f6ef82025-08-20T03:18:43ZengUniversidade Federal de Campina GrandeRevista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental1807-19292020-03-0124320020810.1590/1807-1929/agriambi.v24n3p200-208Convective drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated papaya cubesJoão P. de L. Ferreirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1172-7259Deise S. de Castrohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5040-3295Inacia dos S. Moreirahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7855-1895Wilton P. da Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-6023Rossana M. F. de Figueirêdohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6187-5826Alexandre J. de M. Queirozhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6880-5951ABSTRACT This study assessed the fitting of mathematical models to the convective drying kinetics of osmotically pre-dehydrated papaya cubes. Papaya cubes were subjected to osmotic dehydration in sucrose solutions at 40 and 50 ºBrix, at temperatures of 50 and 60 ºC, followed by complementary convective drying in forced air circulation oven under three temperatures (50, 60 and 70 °C) and constant air velocity of 1.0 m s-1. Ten thin-layer drying mathematical models were fitted to the experimental data. The increase in air temperature and the decrease in osmotic solution concentration resulted in increased water removal rate. Based on the statistical indices, the Two Terms model was the one that best described the drying kinetics of the samples for all evaluated conditions. The effective diffusion coefficients increased with the elevation of air temperature, ranging from 1.766 x 10-10 to 3.910 x 10-6 m2 s-1, whereas the convective mass transfer coefficients ranged from 3.910 x 10-7 to 1.201 x 10-6 m s-1 with Biot number from 0.001 to 12.500.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662020000300200&tlng=enCarica papayaosmotic dehydrationeffective diffusivity
spellingShingle João P. de L. Ferreira
Deise S. de Castro
Inacia dos S. Moreira
Wilton P. da Silva
Rossana M. F. de Figueirêdo
Alexandre J. de M. Queiroz
Convective drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated papaya cubes
Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental
Carica papaya
osmotic dehydration
effective diffusivity
title Convective drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated papaya cubes
title_full Convective drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated papaya cubes
title_fullStr Convective drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated papaya cubes
title_full_unstemmed Convective drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated papaya cubes
title_short Convective drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated papaya cubes
title_sort convective drying kinetics of osmotically pretreated papaya cubes
topic Carica papaya
osmotic dehydration
effective diffusivity
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