Effect of Ethyl Oleate Pretreatment on Drying of Ginger: Characteristics and Mathematical Modelling
Table 2
Statistical results from various tested thin-layer drying models for untreated ginger.
(°C)
Model name
RMSE
45
Newton
0.9269
0.008
0.0606
Page
0.9823
0.00538
0.03
Henderson and Pabis
0.9638
0.0014
0.049
Wang and Sing
0.9462
0.00731
0.068
Modified Page
0.9753
0.0055
0.0534
55
Newton
0.9345
0.0073
0.01
Page
0.9878
0.005
0.0023
Henderson and Pabis
0.9344
0.0045
0.054
Wang and Sing
0.9510
0.00654
0.0054
Modified Page
0.967
0.007
0.0534
65
Newton
0.94321
0.0067
0.09
Page
0.9890
0.0045
0.0019
Henderson and Pabis
0.9123
0.0093
0.065
Wang and Sing
0.9623
0.00540
0.0047
Modified Page
0.9723
0.0054
0.0435
Bold font indicates the betterment of Page model to explain the thin layer drying kinetics among the other tested models based on statistical criteria.
