Research Article

Thin-Layer Drying Characteristics and Modeling of Chinese Jujubes

Table 1

Uncertainties of the parameters during drying of jujubes.

ParameterUnitComment

Fan inlet temperature °C±0.5
Heater outlet temperature °C±0.5
Drying chamber inlet temperature °C±0.3
Drying chamber outlet temperature °C±0.3
Ambient air temperature °C±0.3
Inlet of fan with dry and wet thermometers °C±0.5
Mass loss valuesmin±0.1
Temperature valuesmin±0.1
Uncertainty in the mass loss measurementg±0.5
Uncertainty in the air velocity measurementm/s±0.14
Uncertainty of the measurement of relative humidity of airRH±0.1
Uncertainty in the measurement of moisture quantityg±0.001
Uncertainty in reading values of table (ρ, cp.)%±0.1-0.2