Abstract
<p>This paper presents thin layer modeling of <em>ogi</em> produced from yellow and white maize at varying soaking period and dried in the cabinet and oven at 50 ºC. The moisture decrease for cabinet dried o<em>gi</em> produced from white maize from 49.0 11.5%, 49.5 to 11.32%, 46.5 to 12.33% and 46.12.29%. The drying rate for both oven and cabinet dried <em>ogi</em> produced from yellow maize decreased from 4.6 to 0.0525 kg/min, 4.5 to 0.0513 kg/min, 4.35 to 0.049 kg/min and 4.4 to 0.047 kg/min while for oven dried <em>ogi</em> followed a similar trend. The experimental data obtained were fitted to five thin layer models: Newton, Page, Herderson and Pabis, Two term and Wingh and Singh models. The values obtained for <em>ogi</em> produced from white maize and dried in the cabinet and oven at 50 ºC for Newton model gave a lower R<sup>2</sup>, ?<sup>2</sup>, RMSE compared with respective values obtained from Page, Herderson and Pabis, two term, Wing and Singh models. The two terms model appear to be the best model among the five models used in this work and had higher R<sup>2</sup>, lower ?<sup>2</sup>, and RMSE. The <em>ogi</em> produced from yellow maize at varying soaking period of 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours and dried in cabinet dryer and fitted with two term showed model constants a, K<sub>0,</sub> b, K<sub>1</sub> 0.04315, 0.0388995, 0.919, 2.2 × 10<sup>-3</sup> while the R<sup>2</sup>, ?<sup>2 </sup>RMSE were 0.9933, 5.85 × 10<sup>-4</sup> and 4.85 × 10<sup>5 </sup>for <em>ogi</em> produced for 24 hours soaking, respectively. The soaking period does not seem to affect the moisture ratio and the thin layer drying model. However, the initial moisture and equipment seems to affect significantly.</p>
Highlights
Dehydration is one of the oldest methods of food preservation and may be complicated process that involves simultaneous heat and mass transfer (Sarsavadia et al, 1999; Maskan et al, 2002; Shi et al, 2008)
This paper presents thin layer modeling of ogi produced from yellow and white maize at varying soaking period and dried in the cabinet and oven at 50 oC
The values obtained for ogi produced from white maize and dried in the cabinet and oven at 50 oC for Newton model gave a lower R2, χ2, RMSE compared with respective values obtained from Page, Herderson and Pabis, two term, Wing and Singh models
Summary
Dehydration is one of the oldest methods of food preservation and may be complicated process that involves simultaneous heat and mass transfer (Sarsavadia et al, 1999; Maskan et al, 2002; Shi et al, 2008) In this process, water is transferred by diffusion from interior part of the food material to outer surface and subsequently evaporated (Maskan et al, 2002; Sahin & Dincer, 2005; Hawlader et al, 2006). This may be subsequently useful in predicting, designing or selecting appropriate drying process and equipment for this product
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