Comparison of Carrot Drying in Tray dryer and Infrared Dryer
Keywords:
Drying rate, Moisture Content, Tray drying, Infrared drying.Abstract
Drying is a single operation employed to prolong the life of a large quantity of vegetables. Carrot (Daucus carota) drying has been the subject of many studies. In the present work, an attempt has been made to study the effect of inlet air temperature on the drying characteristics of carrot pieces in tray drying, infrared drying. The inlet air temperatures selected were 65°C, 70?C, 75°C and 80°C. Moisture content was measured at 20 minutes interval. It was also observed that the carrot samples obtained from the infrared drying system had lower final moisture content than those obtained from the tray dryer system.
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