Abstract
ABSTRACT An experimental study of osmotic dehydration (OD) of selected heat-sensitive products was carried out in a laboratory-scale vacuum contact dryer. Cubes of potato and apple were examined as model heat-sensitive objects. Experiments were conducted at different conduction heat input levels with wall temperatures in the range 35–45C under vacuum and also in pure vacuum without any external heat input. Detailed investigations were carried out of OD on drying performance, product temperature and color of the dried product. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Osmotic treatment of potato and apple samples using concentrated sugar solution shows better osmotic dehydration as well as drying rate in a vacuum contact drying system. This information may help to select the osmotic agent in any industrial application for faster drying rate in vacuum contact drying specially for food products. Moreover this work shows the analysis to find out the starting point of precipitation of osmotic agent inside the products in terms of drying time, temperature and moisture content. This information will be helpful for critical analysis in osmotic dehydration technique which in turns may help for optimum design.
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