Effect of Ethyl Oleate Pretreatment on Drying of Ginger: Characteristics and Mathematical Modelling
Table 3
Statistical results from various thin-layer drying models for pretreated ginger.
(°C)
Model name
RMSE
45
Newton
0.9363
0.0073
0.0507
Page
0.9882
0.00435
0.028
Henderson and Pabis
0.954
0.0017
0.054
Wang and Sing
0.9567
0.00657
0.061
Modified Page
0.9823
0.0041
0.0434
55
Newton
0.943
0.0065
0.0912
Page
0.9912
0.0041
0.0013
Henderson and Pabis
0.9789
0.0041
0.048
Wang and Sing
0.9812
0.00543
0.0047
Modified Page
0.9882
0.0037
0.038
65
Newton
0.9567
0.00612
0.087
Page
0.9987
0.0008
0.001
Henderson and Pabis
0.9812
0.0054
0.054
Wang and Sing
0.9756
0.00400
0.0042
Modified Page
0.989
0.0034
0.031
Bold font indicates the betterment of Page model to explain the thin layer drying kinetics among the other tested models based on statistical criteria.