Research Article
Drying Kinetics and Quality of Whole, Halved, and Pulverized Tiger Nut Tubers (Cyperus esculentus)
Table 4
Model and factor contribution to responses and their significance.
| | Parameter | Factor contribution (%) with values in brackets | | Model | Temperature | State of tiger nut | temperature |
| | DT (min) | 85.57 (0.006) | 78.35 (0.024) | 7.22 (0.444) | 14.43 (0.45) | | MC (% dry basis) | 94.80 (0.008) | 30.79 (0.021) | 64.01 (0.006) | 5.20 (0.06) | | BI (Abs unit) | 57.49 (0.024) | 2.05 (0.655) | 13.39 (0.086) | 42.10 (0.011) | | Ascorbic acid (Vit C) (mg/100 g) | 97.95 (<0.0001) | 7.26 (<0.0001) | 65.33 (<0.0001) | 25.36 (<0.0001) | | Reducing sugars (mg/100 g) | 99.21 (<0.0001) | 34.25 (<0.0001) | 41.09 (<0.0001) | 23.86 (<0.0001) | | 30.63 (0.4730) | 4.84 (0.545) | 3.29 (0.659) | 22.50 (0.256) | | 79.07 (<0.0001) | 7.49 (0.064) | 0.75 (0.727) | 70.83 (<0.0001) | | 39.93 (0.227) | 17.76 (0.097) | 12.86 (0.175) | 9.31 (0.604) | | (m2/s) | 93.13 (0.002) | 6.57 (0.261) | 86.56 (0.002) | 6.87 (0.563) |
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