Abstract
Abstract This paper aims to study the transient mass diffusion during the osmotic dehydration of melon cubes, using the analytical solution of the diffusion equation with boundary condition of the first kind. Two techniques are used to determine the effective mass diffusivity, using experimental data. In technique 1, available in the literature, the domain of the effective diffusivity is scanned from a value close to zero, until the minimum value of the objective function (Chi-square) is determined. Technique 2, proposed in this paper, uses an algorithm based on the optimal removal of experimental points, until obtaining the objective function with a minimum value, allowing to determine the optimal value for the effective mass diffusivity. The obtained values for diffusivity and statistical indicators revealed that both techniques generate equivalent results and allowed to satisfactorily describe the kinetics of osmotic dehydration of melon cubes. However, technique 2, proposed in this paper, is much faster than technique 1, in the determination of effective mass diffusivity, for all analyzed sets of experimental data.
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