Influence of Different Drying Methods on Drying Characteristics, Carotenoids, Chemical and Physical Properties of Gac Fruit Pulp (Momordica cochinchinensis L.)

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wittawat Trirattanapikul ◽  
Singhanat Phoungchandang
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Heat Pump ◽  
Total Phenolics ◽  
Microwave Drying ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Fruit Pulp ◽  
Model Quality ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Drying Characteristics ◽  
Momordica Cochinchinensis

Abstract Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis L.) pulp is high in carotenoids and fiber; however, it is discarded during process. Both maturity stages of matured gac fruit could be used in the drying experiments. Gac fruit pulp was dried by different drying methods including tray drying (40–60 °C), heat pump-assisted dehumidified drying (40–60 °C), microwave drying (450–900 W), mixed-mode solar drying and freeze drying. The Modified Henderson model presented the best fit of desorption isotherms. New model proposed was the best drying model. Quality evaluation by β-carotene, lycopene, lutein, total phenolics and antioxidant activity revealed that heat pump-assisted dehumidified drying at 60 °C provided the highest lutein, total phenolics and antioxidant activity and could reduce drying time by 25 % and increased lutein, total phenolics and antioxidant activity by 12.6 %, 32.0 % and 0.3 %, respectively and is more promising drying method for gac fruit pulp.

scholarly journals Drying of Phyla nodiflora Leaves: Antioxidant Activity, Volatile and Phytosterol Content, Energy Consumption, and Quality Studies

Processes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Yen Wen Chua ◽  
Bee Lin Chua ◽  
Adam Figiel ◽  
Chien Hwa Chong ◽  
Aneta Wojdyło ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Drying Kinetics ◽  
Microwave Drying ◽  
Convective Drying ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Antioxidant Power ◽  
Vacuum Microwave

Drying is an important process in the preservation of antioxidants in medicinal plants. In this study, leaves of Phyla nodiflora, or commonly known as frog fruit, were dried using convective drying (CD) at 40, 50, and 60 °C; vacuum-microwave drying (VMD) at 6, 9, and 12 W/g; and convective pre-drying followed by vacuum-microwave finish drying (CPD–VMFD) at 50 °C and 9 W/g. Drying kinetics of P. nodiflora leaves was modelled, and the influences of drying methods on the antioxidant activity, total phenolic content, volatile and phytosterol contents, energy consumption, water activity, and color properties were determined. Results showed that drying kinetics was best described by modified Page model. VMD achieved highest drying rate, whereas VMFD considerably reduced the drying time of CD from 240 min to 105 min. CPD–VMFD was the best option to dry P. nodiflora in terms of retaining volatiles and phytosterols, with lower energy consumption than CD. Meanwhile, VMD at 6 W/g produced samples with the highest antioxidant activity with 2,2′-Azinobis (3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) value of 11.00 and 15.99 µM Trolox/100 g dw, respectively.

scholarly journals Vacuum-assisted microwave drying characteristics of green bell pepper

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivek Kumar ◽  
Shanker L. Shrivastava
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Diffusivity ◽  
Bell Pepper ◽  
Microwave Drying ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Drying Characteristics ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Potassium Metabisulphite ◽  
Temperature Ranges ◽  
Air Dryer

Chopped green bell pepper pieces were blanched (95 °C, 5 min) and chemically pretreated (1% potassium metabisulphite solution, 25 min at room temperature) before drying in hot air dryer (HAD) at various temperature ranges (60 – 80 °C). Three vacuum levels (200, 400, 600 mm Hg) and microwave power levels (100, 200, 300 W) were also used to dry green bell pepper samples in a vacuum assisted microwave (VAM) (2.45 GHz, 0.8 kW) dryer. VAM drying methods offered a maximum reduction by four to five times in drying time as compared to that in HAD. The logarithmic model was found to have the best fit based on high R2 and small values of reduced χ2 and RMSE.  VAM method has higher values for effective moisture diffusivity (Deff) and lower values for activation energy (Ea), in comparison to the HAD method. 

scholarly journals Comparative Study of Hot Air Drying and Microwave Drying for Dewatered Sludge

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wittawat Wulyapash ◽  
Awassada Phongphiphat ◽  
Sirintornthep Towprayoon
Keyword(s):  
Microwave Power ◽  
Specific Energy Consumption ◽  
Microwave Drying ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Air Temperatures ◽  
Dewatered Sludge ◽  
Dried Sludge ◽  
Seafood Processing

Abstract Large amounts of sludge are generated from wastewater treatment in seafood processing industries. Most of the dewatered sludge in Thailand is not utilized and disposed by landfilling. The dried sludge utilization as refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is an alternative solution due to the gross calorific value (GCV), which is greater than 21.9 MJ/kg. However, the key obstacle is its high moisture content of 87.4% (wet basis). Therefore, drying methods using hot air and microwave techniques were investigated for preparing dried sludge. The effects of hot air temperatures (100-150 °C) and microwave power levels (100-800 W) were compared on drying kinetics, specific energy consumption (SEC), and characteristics of the dried products. The results showed that drying times were decreased by increasing the hot air temperatures. In the same way, the increase in microwave power levels decreased the drying time. The application of microwaves contributed to reducing the drying time by more than 46% compared to the hot air. The reduction of drying times resulted in the saving SEC. The GCV of the dried sludge decreased with the decrease in the volatile matter (VM) due to the high component of VM as 79.5-80.3% (dry ash-free basis). The sludge dried by the microwaves showed a lower GCV than the hot air products. However, dried sludges still had high GCV (≥ 20.8 MJ/kg). Furthermore, the minimal variation of the product characteristics demonstrated that the microwave technique could be applied as an alternative drying method with a rapid process compared to the conventional hot air technique.

Effects of drying methods on color retention and chlorophyll of celery (ApiumgraveolensL.), spinach (Spinacia oleraceaL.), Malabar spinach (Basella albaL.)

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Dat Q Tran
Keyword(s):  
Microwave Drying ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Hot Air Drying ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Air Drying ◽  
Color Retention ◽  
Hot Air ◽  
Drying Techniques ◽  
Dried Vegetables

Dried vegetables are considered convenient for storage, transportation and preservation. The different drying techniques could influence the quality of resulting products. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of three distinguish drying methods as hot-air drying, foam-mat drying and microwave drying on the color retention and chlorophyll of green vegetables powder. Fresh spinach(Spinacia oleraceaL.), celery (Apium graveolensL.), Malabar spinach (Basella albaL.) were dried by different methods: hot air at 60oC, foam-mat at 60oC and microwave at 270 W until the samples reached approximately 9% of moisture content (wb). The drying time of the dried samples by microwave, foam-mat and hot-air method were 60, 210 and 240 min, respectively. Foam-mat dried vegetables were found to have the best quality in terms of color and the residual chlorophyll content. The findings suggest that foam-mat drying is promising in dried vegetable processing

Total Phenolics, Flavonoids, and Antioxidant Activity of Sage (Salvia officinalis L.) Plants as Affected by Different Drying Methods

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 806-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibtissem Hamrouni-Sellami ◽  
Fatma Zohra Rahali ◽  
Iness Bettaieb Rebey ◽  
Soumaya Bourgou ◽  
Ferid Limam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Total Phenolics ◽  
Salvia Officinalis ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Salvia Officinalis L

scholarly journals Effects of Different Drying Methods on the Characterization, Dissolution Rate and Antioxidant Activity of Ursolic Acid-Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2470
Author(s):  
Lujie Zhao ◽  
Xu Duan ◽  
Weiwei Cao ◽  
Xing Ren ◽  
Guangyue Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Particle Size ◽  
Ursolic Acid ◽  
Freeze Drying ◽  
Water Solubility ◽  
Drug Loading ◽  
Chitosan Nanoparticles ◽  
Simulated Gastric Fluid ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Drying Time

To improve the water solubility of ursolic acid (UA), UA-loaded chitosan nanoparticles were firstly prepared by the ionotropic gelation method and dried by freeze drying (FD), microwave freeze drying (MFD) and spray drying (SD). The characterization of UA-loaded chitosan nanoparticles was performed with particle size, drug loading (DL), scanning electron microscope (SEM), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dissolution studies and antioxidant activity. The results demonstrated that UA was successfully encapsulated into chitosan nanoparticles using sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) as a cross-linker, with a 79% encapsulation efficiency. The spray-dried, UA-loaded chitosan nanoparticles had the lowest drug loading (11.8%) and the highest particle size (496.9 ± 11.20 nm). The particle size of UA-loaded chitosan nanoparticles dried by MFD and FD was lower, at 240.8 ± 12.10 nm and 184.4 ± 10.62 nm, respectively, and their antioxidant activity was higher than those nanoparticles dried by SD. Moreover, the drying time and energy consumption of UA-loaded chitosan nanoparticles dried by MFD and SD were lower than that of FD. The dissolution rates of UA-loaded chitosan nanoparticles prepared by FD and MFD were 60.6% and 57.1%, respectively, in a simulated gastric fluid, which was a greater value than SD (55.9%). Therefore, the UA-loaded chitosan nanoparticles encapsulation method, combined with MFD technology, showed a promising potential to improve the water solubility of UA.

scholarly journals Phenolic content and antioxidant activity of frozen fruit pulp.

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Giliani Veloso Sartori ◽  
Caroline Nunes Da Costa ◽  
Alessandra Braga Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Phenolic Content ◽  
Total Phenolics ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Antioxidant Compounds ◽  
Fruit Pulp ◽  
Total Phenolic Compounds ◽  
Dpph Radical ◽  
The People ◽  
Phenolic Analysis

<p><em>Brazil has a very large surface area and therefore is not always possible the people to have access to all varieties of fruit. Considering this fact, the consumption of frozen fruit pulp has been increase. The aim of this study was to evaluate the content of total phenolics, flavonoids and antioxidant activity of nine commercial frozen fruit pulps. The antioxidant activity was evaluated by the ability to scavenging the 2.2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazil (DPPH) radical, while the phenolic analysis was performed by spectrophotometry. The pulps showed levels of total phenolic compounds ranged from 14.97 mgEAG.100g<sup>-1</sup> (lemon) to 112.40 mgEAG.100g<sup>-1</sup> (orange). The highest content of flavonoids was observed for the raspberry pulp (35.09 mgEQ.100g<sup>-1</sup>). The orange pulp showed higher antioxidant capacity, with sequestration percentage of 108.79%, followed by kiwi, peach and tamarind. The results of this study demonstrated that the frozen fruits pulp are good sources of antioxidant compounds and their use should be encouraged among the population.</em></p><p>DOI: 10.14685/rebrapa.v5i3.143</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em><br /></em></p>

scholarly journals Drying methods of the printing inks

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Ashraf Abd El-Rahman Elsayed Saad ◽  
◽  
Cem Aydemir ◽  
Samed Ayhan Özsoy ◽  
Semiha Yenidoğan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmentally Friendly ◽  
Microwave Drying ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Release Time ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Printing Industry ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Printing Inks ◽  
Chemical Content ◽  
Time And Energy

Accelerating the transition to post-print processes needed in the printing industry and shortening the time the product's release time is closely related to the drying time of the ink film. The drying of fluid ink on the surface of the print substrate, transforming from liquid to solid occurs physically and chemically in several ways. Drying systems can be functional alone on the surface of the printing substrate for an ink film or depending on the chemical content of the ink and the properties of the printing substrate, drying can be achieved at the same time with more than one system.Recently, in order to reduce climate, environmental and health impacts and with the development of technology, significant changes are also being experienced in the printing industry and preferences are changing. In this study, more environmentally friendly LED UV and microwave drying systems that save time and energy together with existing basic drying systems such as absorption, evaporation, oxidation-polymerization and conventional UV used in the printing industry are examined. The advantages of different drying systems to the printing industry, preferred drying systems and new studies on this issue have been evaluated.

scholarly journals Novel Drying Methods for Sustainable Upcycling of Brewers’ Spent Grains as a Plant Protein Source

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anubhav Pratap Singh ◽  
Ronit Mandal ◽  
Maryam Shojaei ◽  
Anika Singh ◽  
Przemysław Łukasz Kowalczewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Panel Study ◽  
Microwave Drying ◽  
Drying Methods ◽  
Brewing Industry ◽  
Drying Time ◽  
Overall Acceptability ◽  
Process Waste ◽  
Spent Grains ◽  
Energy And Exergy Analysis ◽  
Drying Technology

Brewers’ spent grains (BSGs) are the most important by-product of the brewing industry and are rich in protein and fiber. However, abundant amounts of BSGs are discarded annually worldwide. This project aimed to employ and compare innovative drying techniques to introduce snacks with protein sources derived from leftover BSGs. This study explored the dehydration kinetics of BSGs and the effect of three different drying methods—oven drying (OD), freeze drying (FD), and vacuum microwave drying (VMD)—on their protein content and functionality. Then, an energy and exergy analysis for the drying methods was given. Accordingly, a snack product (baked chips) using the dehydrated BSGs was developed by a sensory panel study to assess consumer acceptability of the final products. It was found that the VMD process took less drying time (48 min) compared to OD (50 min), with higher effectiveness as a drying process. VMD-treated BSG also showed moderate protein functionality and the highest overall acceptability when used in baked chips. Thus, VMD might be used as a sustainable drying technology for thermal treatment and valorization of BSG. In addition to having implications for dietary health, findings can help improve the economy of the breweries and other industries that deal with the processing of grains by valorizing their process waste and contributing to sustainability.

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