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CONVECTIVE HOT AIR DRYING KINETICS OF RED BEETROOT IN THIN LAYERS

Abhishek Dasore^a,* , Tarun Polavarapu^b , Ramakrishna Konijeti^c , Naveen Puppala^d ,

a Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, RGM College of Engineering and Technology, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, 518501, India
b Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRK Institute of Technology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, 521108, India
c Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 522502, India
d Professor, Agricultural Science Centre at Clovis, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, NMSU, NM, 88101, USA

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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2020, 14, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.14.23

Abstract

The effect of air temperature on drying kinetics of red beetroot slices was investigated experimentally in a cabinet tray dryer. Drying was carried out at 70, 75, 80, and 85 °

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