Research Article

Harmonizing Drying Time, Layer Thickness, and Drier Zones for Drying Kinetics: Quality and Safety of Solar Tunnel-Dried Wet-Processed Parchment Coffee (Coffea arabica L.)

Table 1

Drying kinetic models used to determine drying characteristics of parchment coffee in a solar tunnel drier and open sun condition.

NoModel nameEquationReference

1Modified MidilliGhazanfari et al. [17]
2Diffusion approachMuhidong and Rahman [18]
3Modified pageKingsly et al. [19]
4NewtonMuhidong et al. [20]
5Henderson and PabisIbrahim et al. [21]
6Two termsMeisami-Asl et al. [22]
7VermaHii et al. [23]

represents elapsed drying time in hours; , , , and are drying constants.