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| Lisboa,Cícera G. C. de; Gomes,Josivanda P.; Figueirêdo,Rossana M. F. de; Queiroz,Alexandre J. de M.; Diógenes,Adelino de M. G.; Melo,João C. S. de. |
| ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to obtain the effective diffusivity of yacon potato in fixed-bed dryer at different temperatures (50, 60 and 70 ºC) and drying air velocities (1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 m s-1). Non-linear regression analysis was performed by the Quasi-Newton method using the program Statistica 7.0, where the parameters of the models were estimated as a function of the drying air temperature. Approximation of Diffusion, Two Terms, Henderson & Pabis, and Page models fitted well the experimental data. Drying air temperature and speed influenced the drying time of the samples. The effective diffusivity increased with increasing temperature, ranging from 1.18 x 10-9 to 2.15 x 10-9 m2 s-1. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Smallanthus sonchifolia; Mathematical modelling; Diffusion. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662018000800564 |
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