Assessing thermal and economic performance of solar dryers in sustainable strategies for bottle gourd and tomato preservation by Subbarama Kousik Suraparaju, Elavarasan Elangovan, Guna Muthuvairavan, Mahendran Samykano, P. V. Elumalai, Sendhil Kumar Natarajan, Reji Kumar Rajamony, Dhinesh Balasubramanian, Yasser Fouad, Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar, Zhang Miao, Krishna Moorthy Sivalingam

“…The solar dryer exhibited superior moisture removal efficiency, achieving a 94.42% reduction in tomatoes and 83.87% in bottle gourds, compared to open-sun drying. …”
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Ultrasonic Pre-Treatment and Vacuum Effect on the Drying of Cancer Pagurus Meat by Zehra Özden Özyalçın, Azmi Seyhun Kıpçak

“…Using a variety of drying techniques such as oven drying (OD), vacuum oven drying (VOD), ultrasonic pre-treated oven drying (US-OD), and ultrasonic pre-treated vacuum oven drying (US-VOD), effective moisture diffusivities (Deff) and activation energies (Ea) were calculated. …”
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Effect of pre-conditioning on the carbonation curing characteristics of belite-rich cement paste by Xuanru Wu, Geon Noh, Jeong Gook Jang

“…The results suggest that CO2 penetration alters the hydration mechanism of BRC paste and that pre-conditioning enhances both carbonation curing efficiency and overall physicochemical properties. Compared to untreated samples, pre-conditioned specimens exhibited higher compressive strength, primarily due to the removal of internal moisture, which increased the reactive surface area for CO2, facilitated its rapid diffusion, and promoted more uniform carbonation. …”
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The Effect of Gliding Arc Discharge Low-Temperature Plasma Pretreatment on Blueberry Drying by Pengpeng Yu, Wenhui Zhu, Yu Qiao, Xiaonan Yang, Lixin Ma, Yankai Cai, Jianrong Cai

“…Results demonstrate that plasma pretreatment significantly reduced drying time, with an 18 s treatment at 900 W reducing drying time by 31.25%. Moisture diffusion coefficients increased with both treatment duration and power. …”
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Process Modeling and Convective Drying Optimization of Raspberry Pomace as a Fiber-Rich Functional Ingredient: Effect on Techno-Functional and Bioactive Properties by José P. Tejeda-Miramontes, Brenda C. Espinoza-Paredes, Ana Zatarain-Palffy, Tomás García-Cayuela, Viridiana Tejada-Ortigoza, Luis Eduardo Garcia-Amezquita

“…The best results were achieved at 70 °C, where a high drying rate (<i>DR</i>) of 0.46 kg H₂O·kg⁻¹ db·min⁻¹, effective moisture diffusivity (<i>D</i>_eff) of 1.53 × 10⁻¹⁰ m²·s⁻¹, and activation energy (<i>E</i>_a) of 34.90 kJ·mol⁻¹ were observed. …”
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Effects of Ultrasonic-Assisted Application of Yeast Extract and Trehalose on Mass Transfer Kinetics and Quality Characteristics during Low-Salt Curing of Pork by ZHANG Xiaoming, LÜ Yanchi, SHANG Lei, SUN Jingyi, XU Yujuan, LI Cong, ZHOU Hui, XU Baocai

“…The aim was to evaluate the impact of ultrasonic-assisted low-sodium curing with yeast extract (YE) and trehalose on the curing efficiency and eating quality of pork. The results showed that the ultrasonic-assisted curing treatment significantly increased the diffusion rate of NaCl (P < 0.05). …”
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From Fresh to Dried: Evaluating Drying Kinetics of Sultana and Besni Grapes by Mehmet Başlar

“…The study evaluates the applicability of three drying models (Lewis, Page, and Henderson & Pabis) to the experimental data and concurrently determines the effective moisture diffusivity and activation energy of dried grapes at varying temperatures. …”
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Drying Process of Senna alata Medicinal Leave: Comparative Empirical and Artificial Neural Networks Modelling of Mass Transfer Kinetics with Energy Analysis by Abiola John Adeyi

“…SAL was dried at the selected drying factors (leaf form and microwave power); and moisture transport characteristics including moisture content, moisture ratio, effective moisture diffusivity, activation energy, energy consumption, specific energy consumption and energy efficiency were determined gravimetrically and empirically. …”
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Cold Plasma as a Novel Pretreatment to Improve the Drying Kinetics and Quality of Green Peas by Jun-Wen Bai, Dan-Dan Li, Reziwanguli Abulaiti, Manqian Wang, Xiaozhi Wu, Zhenwei Feng, Yutong Zhu, Jianrong Cai

“…The moisture effective diffusivity coefficients (<i>D_eff</i>) for untreated and CP-pretreated green peas were calculated to range from 5.9629 to 9.9172 × 10⁻¹⁰ m²·s⁻¹, with CP pretreatment increasing <i>D_eff</i> by up to 66.31% compared to the untreated group. …”
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Optimizing infrared drying of black soldier fly larvae for sustainable cricket feed production by Nuntawat Butwong, Sarawut Saenkham, Adisak Pattiya, Anuwat Saenpong, Chinnapat Turakarn, Aphichon Mungchu, Shenghua Hu, Sopa Cansee

“…The effects of temperature (50 °C, 60 °C, 70 °C) and air velocity (1.0, 1.5, 2.0 m/s) on drying behavior, energy consumption, and moisture diffusivity were examined. …”
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Impact of combined sun and hybrid drying technologies on cocoa drying process and quality by Johanna Pita-Garcia, José Reinoso-Tigre, Sócrates Palacios-Ponce, Emerita Delgado-Plaza, Diana Coello-Montoya, Rómulo Salazar, Jonathan Coronel-León, Juan Peralta, Fabiola Cornejo

“…The physicochemical properties (shrinkage, fermentation index, pH, total acidity, color), bioactive compounds (total phenolic content, antioxidant capacity), and drying efficiency (drying rate, effective moisture diffusivity, energy consumption) were assessed. …”
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Automated vacuum drying kinetics, thermodynamics, and economic analysis of sage leaves by Nabil Eldesokey Mansour, Khaled A. Metwally, Aml Abubakr Tantawy, Ahmed Elbeltagi, Ali Salem, Ahmed Z. Dewidar, Abdelaziz M. Okasha, Moustapha Eid Moustapha, Abdallah Elshawadfy Elwakeel

“…Results showed that increasing temperature and decreasing pressure significantly improved drying efficiency, reducing the process time to just 90 min while achieving a drying rate of 22.34 kg water/kg dry matter/h and an effective moisture diffusivity of 6.716 × 10⁻⁹ m²/s under optimal conditions (60 °C and − 10 kPa). …”
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Influence of temperature and mango pulp thickness on the performance of batch window refractance dryer by Samrawit Kasse Gebeyehu, Aynadis Molla Asemu, Abiy Solomon Haile, Messenbet Geremew Kassa

“…Results showed that drying occurred in the falling rate period for all treatments, with the Page model best fitting the drying kinetics. The effective moisture diffusivity (Deff) of mango pulp increased with both pulp thickness and drying temperature, averaging 6.31 × 10⁻¹³, 8.64 × 10⁻¹³, and 17.68 × 10⁻¹³ m²/s for thicknesses of 1 mm, 3 mm, and 5 mm, respectively. …”
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Influence of physical shape and salting on tomato drying performance using mixed mode solar and open-air methods in semi-cloudy weather by Abdallah Elshawadfy Elwakeel, Guma Ali, Abdalla Zain Eldin, Mohamed Mahmoud Alsebiey, Aml Abubakr Tantawy, Mohammad S. AL-Harbi, Atef Fathy Ahmed, Khaled A. Metwally

“…These samples also exhibited the highest effective moisture diffusivity (Deff) (5.92 × 10⁻⁹ m2/s), reflecting enhanced internal moisture transport. …”
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Computer simulation of microwave-assisted drying: Coupled influence of microwave power and pulse ratio on product and process characteristics by Jalal Dehghannya, Mahdi Habibi-Ghods

“…The drying process was further modeled using moving boundary conditions to assess the influence of these variables on heat and moisture diffusion. Results demonstrated that increasing microwave power and decreasing the pulse ratio significantly reduced drying time due to intensified effective moisture diffusion coefficient (14.28%). …”
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Drying kinetics and stability of fatty acids in grape pomace seeds under mild thermal conditions by Rudonja Nedžad R., Zlatanović Ivan J., Vujović Dragan S., Sekar Subramani, Jeyachristy Sam Annie, Gligorević Kosta B.

“…Among them, the Logarithmic model provided the best fit for most cultivars, showing excellent agreement between predicted and experimental drying curves. Effective moisture diffusivity values varied considerably among cultivars, reflecting differences in pomace structure and seed composition. …”
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Drying characteristics of white radish slices under heat pump — Low-temperature regenerative wheel collaborative drying by Junhai Yan, Weinan Han, Ben Wei, Yin Liu, Long Gao, Longji Wang, Song Wang, Mingru Zhu, Ziheng Huo

“…Energy consumption was noticeably reduced, decreasing by 7.48 %–11.68 %. Moreover, the effective moisture diffusivity improved by 7.98 %–11.49 %, product shrinkage decreased by 4.00 %–5.56 %, rehydration ratios increased by 3.25 %–8.20 %, and sensory evaluation improved by 17.29 %–38.09 %. …”
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Evaluation of technological parameters of convective drying of pumpkin seeds with vibro-ozonation intensification of the process by I. Palamarchuk, M. Mushtruk, N. Mushtruk

“…This study aimed to enhance the driving force and, consequently, the efficiency of the dehumidification process for thermolabile plant raw materials by employing vibro-mechanical activation of seed material movement, increasing electro-osmotic pressure to improve moisture diffusion conditions, and achieving disinfection during processing. …”
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Development and Validation of a Coupled Hygro-Chemical and Thermal Transport Model in Concrete Using Parallel FEM by Okpin Na, Giyeol Lee

“…A multi-species hygro-chemo-thermo transport model was formulated based on the Nernst–Planck equation, incorporating electroneutrality, zero current conditions, and the coupled effects of moisture and temperature gradients. The model was numerically implemented using a parallel FE method with the Crank–Nicolson scheme, supported by domain decomposition and SPMD techniques for high computational efficiency. …”
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Performance and economic enhancement of a dewaxing casting process using a heat pump drying system by Win-Jet Luo, Amir Reza Ansari Dezfoli, Swami Nath Maurya, Bivas Panigrahi, Pei-Tang Wang

“…The key findings highlight that primary evaporation at the shell surface occurs rapidly, while secondary evaporation within the mold is diffusion-limited, affecting efficiency in thicker molds. …”
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