Experimental investigation of convective drying kinetics of kiwi under different conditions

The effects of air temperature, velocity and humidity on drying characteristics of kiwi are experimentally investigated for the temperatures in the range of 50-80 A degrees C, of the velocities 0.5-2.0 m/s, of the relative humidity values of 5-20 % and for two slice thicknesses. It is observed that there is a very close agreement between the model of Midilli et al. (Dry Technol 20:1503-1513, 2002) and the present study with coefficients of correlation R-2 of 0.9949-0.9996.