Determination of the drying temperature of the medicinal plant prickly capers - “Capparis spinosa L.” fruits by the method of mathematical modeling

Abstract

In this paper, the optimal drying temperature of the medicinal plant prickly capers - “Capparis spinosa L.” was studied and mathematical models were determined by comparing experimental data with data calculated using the Lagrange and Newton interpolation formula and the choice of regression analysis. The regression equation has the form of a polynomial and a polynomial level. The mathematical model in which the level of the polynomial was 6 and higher was almost indistinguishable from the models in the form of a polynomial which level was 4 or 5. When determining the optimal drying temperature of the fruit of the medicinal plant prickly capers - “Capparis spinosa L.” by mathematical modeling, it is shown that graphs with a polynomial degree of n=3 and higher have the same values as graphs in which the degree of the polynomial is almost equal to n=2. The coincidence of the theoretical results with the experimental data obtained in determining the optimal drying temperature for the fruit of the medicinal plant prickly capers - “Capparis spinosa L.”, shows the adequacy of the mathematical model. It was found that the optimal drying temperature of the medicinal plant prickly capers - “Capparis spinosa L.” is 333 – 343 K and this is confirmed by mathematical modeling.