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Effect of Microwave Pre-treatment on Drying Kinetics and Quality Characteristics of Elephant Foot Yam
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Sahu, Fakir Mohan |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Drying characteristics and quality of the Elephant Foot Yam slices processed with microwave pretreatment and convective drying were investigated. Elephant Foot Yam slices was blanched at 80°C for 4 min in hot water and exposed to microwave treatment under different microwave power ranging from 300 W to 900 W and exposure time (1, 1.5 and 2 min) and then dried in convective dryer at 60°C to study their effect on drying characteristics and quality. Drying time, average drying rate, and rehydration ratio were various factors studied. Increased in microwave power and exposure time increased drying rate and decreased the drying time. The whole drying took place in falling rate period only. Midilli et al . model was found to describe the drying behaviour of elephant foot yam most precisely (highest R 2 = 0.9996; least RMSE = 0.0051). From storage study and sensory evaluation with quality in terms of protein, total sugar and oxalate content was found to be acceptable in all drying treatments. Based on oxalate content and drying characteristics, exposure of 900 W microwaves for 2 min followed by hot air drying at 60°C was found to be most acceptable to achieve best quality dehydrated elephant food yam slices. Keywords: Blanching, Elephant Foot Yam, Microwave power, Oxalate content, Pre-treatment |
| Starting Page | 95 |
| Ending Page | 103 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 43 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.isrc.in/ojs/index.php/jrc/article/download/442/333 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
