Effect of Pretreatments and Solar Tunnel Dryer Zone on Drying Characteristics and Stability of Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) Slices

Table 5

Curve fitting criteria for the various mathematical models and parameters for pumpkin slice dried at zone I.

Pretreatments	Models	Constants				(%)
Control	Logarithmic	, ,	0.93780	0.00593	0.07468	17.88
	Henderson and Babi’s	,	0.98919	0.00287	0.05018	23.43
	Lewis		0.96158	0.00918	0.09585	18.8
	Page	,	0.99029	0.00242	0.04761	24.86
	Two-term exponential	,	0.99834	0.00041	0.01963	9.79
	Diffusion approximation	, ,	0.98652	0.00363	0.05639	17.53
	Mindili et al.	, , ,	0.99826	0.00049	0.02014	3.66
1% citric acid	Logarithmic	, ,	0.995645	0.00090	0.02910	10.02
	Henderson and Babi’s	,	0.996707	0.00072	0.02528	9.30
	Lewis		0.99549	0.00088	0.02959	11.06
	Page	,	0.99527	0.00098	0.03035	7.34
	Two-term exponential	,	0.99727	0.00067	0.02511	4.65
	Diffusion approximation	, ,	0.99507	0.00109	0.03102	11.87
	Mindili et al.	, , ,	0.99536	0.00109	0.03102	5.10
2% salt	Logarithmic	, ,	0.99628	0.00031	0.01714	5.88
	Henderson and Babi’s	,	0.99792	0.00047	0.02107	5.32
	Lewis		0.99753	0.00053	0.02302	7.23
	Page	,	0.99777	0.00051	0.02184	5.10
	Two-term exponential	,	0.998557	0.00035	0.01758	4.73
	Diffusion approximation	, ,	0.99785	0.00052	0.02147	4.89
	Mindili et al.	, , ,	0.99786	0.00056	0.00023	4.69
1% salt blanched	Logarithmic	, ,	0.99159	0.00078	0.02703	8.60
	Henderson and Babi’s	,	0.99538	0.00094	0.02949	8.64
	Lewis		0.99543	0.00093	0.02953	8.65
	Page	,	0.99538	0.00093	0.02954	8.66
	Two-term exponential	,	0.99656	0.00076	0.02560	9.27
	Diffusion approximation	, ,	0.99538	0.00102	0.02951	8.65
	Mindili et al.	, , ,	0.99412	0.00140	0.03321	6.14