The desorption isotherms for whole peeled banana, convection dried in warm air, have been measured and fitted by the Modified-Oswin and Modified-Chung-Pfost equations. The equations agreed with the water activity observed in commercial sun-dried banana packs from Thailand. The convective drying curves for peeled banana were determined and fitted by the Newton (exponential) and Diffusion models. The Newton model was found more effective, probably due to a surface resistance that develops during drying. The drying constant, K in the Newton model, was fitted to banana temperature by the Arrhenius equation. Moisture diffusivity results agreed with previous work, including the activation energy in the Arrhenius equation.
Desorption isotherms of mature kaffir lime leaves are determined and a nonlinear regression program was applied to the experimental data to fit with any of the four moisture sorption isotherm models. It was found that the modified Halsey model could fit the best. Tray and heat pump-dehumidified drying of kaffir lime leaves were conducted and it was found that the modified Page model was the most effective one. The drying constant was fitted to drying air temperature using the Arrhenius model. Effective moisture diffusivities were determined using the drying data. Heat pump-dehumidified drying reduced drying time and provided dried kaffir lime leaves with higher amount of citronellal than tray drying.
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