Research Article

Modelling the Thin-Layer Drying Kinetics of Marinated Beef during Infrared-Assisted Hot Air Processing of Biltong

Table 6

The average and RMSE for the thin-layer models at different IR power levels.

S/NoModelRMSE
500 W750 W1000 W500 W750 W1000 W

1Two-term0.99930.99820.99930.00620.00990.0065
2Approximation of diffusion0.99890.99810.99920.00800.00990.0057
3Midilli0.99780.99800.99880.01770.01040.0085
4Page0.99770.99600.99750.01090.01430.0118
5Logarithmic0.99770.99640.99610.01070.01390.0141