In this data article, laboratory experimental investigation results on drying kinetic properties: the drying temperature (T), drying air velocity (V) and dewatering time (Te), each of the factors has five levels, and the experiment was replicated three times and the output: drying rate and drying time obtained, were observed. The experiment was conducted at National Centre for Agricultural Mech...

The objective was to describe the incidence of failure to finish a race in flat-racing Thoroughbreds in New Zealand as these are summary indicators of falls, injuries and poor performance. Retrospective data on six complete flat racing seasons (n = 188,615 race starts) of all Thoroughbred flat race starts from 1 August 2005 to 31 July 2011 were obtained. The incidence of failure to finish event...

The effects of slice thickness, microwave pre-treatment, and drying temperature on drying orange kumara slices were investigated. The highest drying rate, with minimal loss of colour, occurred at 80°C. Slice thickness did not significantly influence colour but drying time increased with slice thickness. The drying curves fitted the Page thin-layer drying model. Two minutes microwave pre-treatme...

Microwave drying technology has the potential for large production time and energy cost savings versus traditional vacuum drying methods for active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) applications. One of the most critical parameters in the drying process is the determination of the end point, usually at a specified moisture content. On-line mass spectrometry (MS) was used as a tool to monitor micr...

Multistage heat pump drying of macadamia nut under modified atmosphere was studied to improve the drying process and quality of the nuts. Conditions of study included drying temperature of 40-60°C, using nitrogen and normal air as drying medium. Drying kinetics and quality of nuts (moisture content, aw, rancidity and colour) as well as energy consumption of all drying processes were examined. T...

ABSTARCT: Solar drying is an integral part of rural life for various products, especially vegetable, fruits & spices which are produced in rural areas and have no scientific means of preserving such raw products. This paper is an attempt to review the solar drying process & solar dryers used for chilli drying worldwide which includes types of solar dryer, drying process & techno economical feas...

Microwave (MW) drying is a rapid dehydration technique that can be applied to specific foods. Increasing concerns over product quality and production costs have motivated the researchers to investigate and the industry to adopt microwave drying technology. The advantages of microwave drying include the following: shorter drying time, improved product quality, and flexibility in producing a wide...

Dynamic programming can be very confusing until you’ve used it a bunch of times, so the best way to learn it is to simply do a whole bunch of examples. One way of viewing it is as a much more complicated version of divide-and-conquer a la mergesort or quicksort. In those cases, we could divide the problem into two subproblems, solve it optimally on each subproblem, and then combine the solution...