DRYING CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITY ANALYSIS OF HOT AIR-ASSISTED RADIO FREQUENCY AND HOT-AIR DRYING OF JUJUBE ( Zizyphus jujube Miller cv. Jinsixiaozao )
AUTOR(ES)
Song, Shujie; Huang, Xue; Liu, Yufang; Zhang, Qingan
FONTE
Engenharia Agrícola
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2022
RESUMO
ABSTRACT Radio frequency (RF) drying is a rapid dehydration technique that reduces water activity and extends the shelf life of agricultural products. In this study, the drying characteristics of jujube during HARF and hot air (HA) were investigated, and quality analyses, such as color, vitamin C (VC) and total flavonoid content (TFC), of jujube were performed. The drying curves revealed that the drying time used to reduce the moisture content from 81.7 to 6.0% on a dry basis was 360 and 1320 min using HARF drying and hot air (HA) drying, respectively. The logarithmic model was the best to describe the HARF drying process with R 2, RMSE and SSE values of 0.998, 0.00508 and 0.000306, respectively. Quality analysis demonstrated significant differences in color, VC content and total flavonoid content between the HARF and HA treatments during the drying process and storage periods (P > 0.5), and the HARF-dried jujube product performed much better than that dried by HA. Compared with HA drying, HARF drying showed a shorter drying time, higher drying efficiency and better product quality, indicating that HARF drying was a more promising drying method for jujube with acceptable product quality.
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