MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF SOLAR DRYING OF TOMATOES MODELISATION MATHEMATIQUE DU SECHAGE SOLAIRE DES TOMATES

Merad, L.; Bouchaour, M.; Missoum, D.e.; Benyoucef, B.

Communication science et technologie
Volume 16, Numéro 1, Pages 25-35
2018-01-01

Mathematical Modeling Of Solar Drying Of Tomatoes Modelisation Mathematique Du Sechage Solaire Des Tomates

Authors : Merad L. . Bouchaour M. . Missoum D.e. . Benyoucef B. .

Abstract

Drying is one of the main techniques of preservation of agricultural and food products. Many food products are dried to increase their life and improve the appearance. In this work, the effect of different drying parameters (air drying, forced convection, solar drying and velocity drying) on drying kinetics of tomatoes are studied. For this purpose the mathematical model is developed to predict the drying behavior and activation energy on the range of temperatures usually encountered in industry. The results show that the solar drying with forced convection at temperature 55°C of and air velocity 2m/s were the best drying data of tomatoes solar drying