Drying Kinetics of Eggplant (<i>Solanum melongena</i>) in a Fluidized Bed Dryer: Experimental Evaluation and Modelling

<div>Linear relation between <svg height="12.5794pt" id="M52" style="vertical-align:-3.29107pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 33.8512 12.5794" width="33.8512pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M238 0V26C174 32 166 38 166 104V712C132 700 70 683 18 677V653C81 647 87 645 87 577V104C87 38 78 32 15 26V0H238Z" id="g121-106"></path><glyph.data ascent="989" descent="-360" horiz-adv-x="253" vert-adv-y="253"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,3.289,0)"><path d="M524 0V26C466 32 460 36 460 104V297C460 393 411 449 331 449C302 449 276 437 248 419C223 402 201 387 181 372V451C137 432 90 420 42 411V388C96 378 102 374 102 310V104C102 38 97 33 29 26V0H246V26C187 32 181 36 181 104V339C211 365 250 390 290 390C357 390 381 345 381 276V109C381 40 374 32 315 26V0H524Z" id="g121-108"></path><glyph.data ascent="989" descent="-360" horiz-adv-x="547" vert-adv-y="547"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,10.439,0)"><path d="M300 -147C201 -63 143 98 143 270S200 602 300 686L282 710C136 610 70 450 70 271V270C70 89 136 -72 282 -170L300 -147Z" id="g113-41"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="346" vert-adv-y="346"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,14.937,0)"><path d="M743 375C743 570 607 650 407 650H136L130 622C214 612 220 606 204 526L125 122C110 43 105 36 24 27L17 0H250C382 0 482 23 571 76C680 141 743 248 743 375ZM644 379C644 188 520 36 305 36C277 36 249 38 229 46C205 55 202 71 212 126L293 553C300 588 306 600 317 606C330 613 356 617 390 617C547 617 644 537 644 379Z" id="g113-69"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="766" vert-adv-y="766"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,24.83,3.132)"><path d="M398 365C398 411 356 451 297 451C250 451 198 430 151 397C65 336 24 230 24 139C24 14 97 -12 148 -12C198 -12 284 7 373 104L355 130C306 84 246 53 198 53C132 53 111 109 111 163V189C209 211 398 261 398 365ZM317 351C317 308 273 262 117 225C134 338 189 383 221 399C230 404 249 407 263 407C295 407 317 389 317 351Z" id="g50-102"></path><glyph.data ascent="3443" descent="-2856" horiz-adv-x="422" vert-adv-y="422"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,29.183,0)"><path d="M275 270C275 450 212 609 64 710L45 686C145 604 203 442 203 270S147 -63 45 -147L64 -170C213 -68 275 89 275 270Z" id="g113-42"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="346" vert-adv-y="346"></glyph.data></g></svg> and <svg height="11.439pt" id="M53" style="vertical-align:-2.15067pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.28833 20.0512 11.439" width="20.0512pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M384 0V27C293 34 287 42 287 114V635C232 613 172 594 109 583V559L157 557C201 555 205 550 205 499V114C205 42 199 34 109 27V0H384Z" id="g113-50"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="480" vert-adv-y="480"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,6.24,0)"><path d="M368 703H309L44 -163H104L368 703Z" id="g113-48"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="412" vert-adv-y="412"></glyph.data></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,11.601,0)"><path d="M620 675H597C578 656 570 650 541 650H144C112 650 104 653 94 675H72C59 618 42 552 23 493L53 491C71 534 88 564 105 585C124 608 144 615 238 615H290L197 121C182 40 174 34 88 28L82 0H361L367 28C275 34 266 38 281 121L374 615H441C522 615 543 608 553 583C562 560 566 531 565 493L597 494C603 551 612 629 620 675Z" id="g113-85"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="637" vert-adv-y="637"></glyph.data></g></svg> at temperatures dictated by the Arrhenius-type relationship.</div>

Journal of Food Processing

fig6

Figure 6

Figure 6: Drying Kinetics of Eggplant (<i>Solanum melongena</i>) in a Fluidized Bed Dryer: Experimental Evaluation and Modelling 

Journal of Food Processing

Drying Kinetics of Eggplant (Solanum melongena) in a Fluidized Bed Dryer: Experimental Evaluation and Modelling

Figure 6