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Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel

Pabitra Chandra Das, Sumana Majumder, Md. Suman Rana, Bejoya Das Tumpa, Md. Rahmatuzzaman Rana, Md. Nazrul Islam.

Abstract
This study was aimed to study the dehydration kinetics of mango kernel with specific reference to sample thickness, drying temperature and mango varieties, and was performed prior to the preparation of flour from mango kernel. Kernels of four mango varieties (Boishakhi, Amrapali, Fazli and Ashwina) were separated manually and dried at 65˚C by slicing into 4, 6 and 8 mm thickness to know the thickness effect on drying kinetics. Again, 6 mm thick slices of kernels were dried at 55, 60 and 65˚C to know the temperature effect. Kinetics analysis resulted that the drying rate decreasing with the increase of thickness and decreasing of temperature. Ashwina’s kernels having the highest initial moisture content (M0) had the highest drying rate constant (m), while the lowest m was noticed for Boishakhi’s kernels having the lowest M0. The values of the power-law index (n) of the drying model were 0.83, 0.32, 0.31 and 0.70 for kernels of Boishakhi, Amrapali, Fazli and Ashwina mango, respectively. The activation energy of water diffusion was in the range of 7.002-7.515 KCal/g-mole. Conclusively, this study revealed that moisture diffusivity and drying rate are greatly influenced by drying parameters and kernel varieties.

Key words: Mango kernel, Hot air drying, Rate constant, Activation energy


 
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Das PC, Majumder S, Rana MS, BDT, Rana MR, Islam MN. Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel. Int J Agric Biotechnol Food Sci. 2021; 2(1): 1-6. doi:10.5455/ijabfs.mango-kernel-study


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Das PC, Majumder S, Rana MS, BDT, Rana MR, Islam MN. Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel. https://www.agropub.net/?mno=49542 [Access: December 06, 2023]. doi:10.5455/ijabfs.mango-kernel-study


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Das PC, Majumder S, Rana MS, BDT, Rana MR, Islam MN. Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel. Int J Agric Biotechnol Food Sci. 2021; 2(1): 1-6. doi:10.5455/ijabfs.mango-kernel-study



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Das PC, Majumder S, Rana MS, BDT, Rana MR, Islam MN. Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel. Int J Agric Biotechnol Food Sci. (2021), [cited December 06, 2023]; 2(1): 1-6. doi:10.5455/ijabfs.mango-kernel-study



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Das, P. C., Majumder, . S., Rana, . M. S., , . B. D. T., Rana, . M. R. & Islam, . M. N. (2021) Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel. Int J Agric Biotechnol Food Sci, 2 (1), 1-6. doi:10.5455/ijabfs.mango-kernel-study



Turabian Style

Das, Pabitra Chandra, Sumana Majumder, Md. Suman Rana, Bejoya Das Tumpa, Md. Rahmatuzzaman Rana, and Md. Nazrul Islam. 2021. Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel. International Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 2 (1), 1-6. doi:10.5455/ijabfs.mango-kernel-study



Chicago Style

Das, Pabitra Chandra, Sumana Majumder, Md. Suman Rana, Bejoya Das Tumpa, Md. Rahmatuzzaman Rana, and Md. Nazrul Islam. "Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel." International Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Sciences 2 (2021), 1-6. doi:10.5455/ijabfs.mango-kernel-study



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Das, Pabitra Chandra, Sumana Majumder, Md. Suman Rana, Bejoya Das Tumpa, Md. Rahmatuzzaman Rana, and Md. Nazrul Islam. "Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel." International Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Sciences 2.1 (2021), 1-6. Print. doi:10.5455/ijabfs.mango-kernel-study



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Das, P. C., Majumder, . S., Rana, . M. S., , . B. D. T., Rana, . M. R. & Islam, . M. N. (2021) Study on dehydration kinetics of mango kernel. International Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 2 (1), 1-6. doi:10.5455/ijabfs.mango-kernel-study