Research Article

Mass Transfer during Atmospheric and Vacuum Frying of Chorizo

Table 1

Moisture transfer parameters of vacuum and atmospheric pressure fried chorizos, diffusivity, and convective moisture coefficient.

Type of frying (°C) (m2/s) (m/s) (kJ/mol·K)

Vacuum frying900.984.3
1200.97
1500.95

Atmospheric frying1600.9538.25
1700.95
1800.94