TY  - JOUR
T1  - Thin Layer Drying Kinetics of Solar-Dried <I>Amaranthus hybridus</I> and <I>
 Xanthosoma sagittifolium</I> Leaves
AU - Akonor, P.T. AU - Amankwah, E.A. 
JO  - Journal of Food Technology
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
SP  - 92
EP  - 96
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1684-8462
DO  - jftech.2012.92.96
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jftech.2012.92.96
KW  - Drying curves
KW  -effective moisture diffusivity
KW  -leafy vegetables
KW  -mathematical modelling
KW  -solar drying
AB  - The aim of the study was to model the solar drying characteristics 
  of the leaves of <I>Amaranthus hybridus</I> and <I>Xanthosoma sagittifolium</I> 
  dried in thin layers. Fresh leaves were obtained from Centre for Biodiversity 
  Utilisation and Development (CBUD) farms, trimmed into strips of 0.3x3 cm and 
  loaded into cabinet solar dryers up to a 5 mm layer. Drying was monitored and 
  moisture loss determined by loss in weight of samples at hourly interval. Drying 
  data were fitted to five thin layer models, namely; Newton&#146;s, 
  Page&#146;s, Modified Page, Handerson 
  and Pabis and Logarithmic Models by Non-linear Regression Analysis, the effective 
  diffusivity was also determined for the two leafy vegetables. All five models 
  showed a good fit between observed and predicted values with Page&#146;s 
  Model resulting in the highest r<SUP>2</SUP> and lowest RMSE and &#967;<SUP>2</SUP> 
  and hence the best model to describe the solar-drying characteristics of the 
  two vegetables.
ER  -