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

Table 6

Curve fitting criteria for the various mathematical models for pumpkin pretreated and dried at temperatures of zone II.

Pretreatments	Models	Constants				(%)
Control	Logarithmic	, ,	0.96643	0.00853	0.08432	19.79
	Henderson and Babis	,	0.94332	0.00658	0.07793	5.25
	Lewis		0.93227	0.01496	0.12232	22.64
	Page	,	0.96672	0.00772	0.08412	15.12
	Two-term exponential	,	0.99175	0.00189	0.04163	17.59
	Diffusion approximation	, ,	0.99427	0.00145	0.03475	4.56
	Mindili et al.	, , ,	0.97255	0.00768	0.07592	18.86
1% citric acid	Logarithmic	, ,	0.96718	0.00825	0.08124	15.70
	Henderson and Babis	,	0.91237	0.01031	0.09186	16.98
	Lewis		0.88005	0.01532	0.11743	22.37
	Page	,	0.97372	0.00588	0.07278	25.58
	Two-term exponential	,	0.99339	0.00147	0.03633	9.59
	Diffusion approximation	, ,	0.99373	0.00157	0.03541	8.45
	Mindili et al.	, , ,	0.98170	0.00521	0.06038	24.99
2% salt	Logarithmic	, ,	0.97481	0.00672	0.07484	21.56
	Henderson and Babis	,	0.93032	0.00796	0.08594	28.09
	Lewis		0.94429	0.01287	0.11346	22.34
	Page	,	0.97572	0.00590	0.07360	15.99
	Two-term exponential	,	0.99479	0.00125	0.03391	8.34
	Diffusion approximation	,,	0.99652	0.00093	0.02779	6.27
	Mindili et al.	, , ,	0.985904	0.00416	0.05582	11.43
1% salt blanched	Logarithmic	, ,	0.99388	0.00132	0.03251	12.35
	Henderson and Babis	,	0.98736	0.00139	0.03536	9.11
	Lewis		0.98675	0.00196	0.04424	10.56
	Page	,	0.99362	0.00122	0.03325	14.49
	Two-term exponential	,	0.99721	0.00053	0.02192	8.40
	Diffusion approximation	,	0.99940	0.00013	0.01024	6.43
	Mindili et al.	, , ,	0.99033	0.00237	0.04071	8.59