Research Article

Solar Drying and Sensory Attributes of Eland (Taurotragus oryx) Jerky

Table 2

Climatic and drying conditions of all solar drying experiments (SD: standard deviations; A, B, C: set of experiments).


ABC
Mean ± SDMean ± SDMean ± SD

Average ambient temperature (°C)24.3 ± 1.723.4 ± 1.425.5 ± 2.1
Average drying temperature (°C)48.4 ± 6.046.4 ± 5.749.2 ± 5.2
Average ambient RH (%)49.2 ± 8.751.3 ± 8.746.2 ± 7.7
Average RH of drying air (%)18.2 ± 5.719.7 ± 6.717.7 ± 5.7
Average insolation (W·m−2)552.3 ± 219.4525.4 ± 194.1615.3 ± 144.1
Average air flow speed in collector (m·s−1)1.0 ± 0.30.7 ± 0.11.1 ± 0.1