Moisture Sorption Behavior and Effects of Temperature, Slice Thickness, and Loading Density on Drying Kinetics of a Local Sweet Potato Cultivar Grown in Bangladesh

Table 5

Statistical results of different drying models and their constants and regression coefficients at different temperatures and slice thickness.

Model	Drying temp (°C) with slice thickness	Model constants						RMSE
		Lewis	45°C, 3 mm	0.294								0.98426	0.02428	0.00074
45°C, 5 mm	0.207						0.97255	0.32976	0.13592
45°C, 7 mm	0.161						0.99339	0.01163	0.00291
55°C, 3 mm	0.315						0.99326	0.01569	0.00031
55°C, 5 mm	0.222						0.96249	0.02830	0.00100
55°C, 7 mm	0.170						0.98240	0.01749	0.00038
62°C, 3 mm	0.321						0.98432	0.02098	0.00055
62°C, 5 mm	0.249						0.89736	0.04772	0.00285
62°C, 7 mm	0.196						0.92686	0.03539	0.00157
Henderson and Pabis	45°C, 3 mm	0.303	1.024				0.98519	0.02354	0.00092
	45°C, 5 mm	0.186	0.939				0.98770	0.01619	0.00044
	45°C, 7 mm	0.160	0.995				0.99353	0.01150	0.00022
	55°C, 3 mm	0.318	1.009				0.99340	0.01553	0.00040
	55°C, 5 mm	0.192	0.917				0.98969	0.01483	0.00037
	55°C, 7 mm	0.152	0.947				0.99473	0.00957	0.00023
	62°C, 3 mm	0.287	0.917				0.99783	0.00780	0.00010
	62°C, 5 mm	0.206	0.883				0.94584	0.03466	0.00225
	62°C, 7 mm	0.162	0.903				0.97835	0.01925	0.00062
Logarithmic	45°C, 3 mm	-0.005	-29.475		30.331		0.98763	0.02153	0.00116
	45°C, 5 mm	0.192	0.924		0.017		0.98828	0.01580	0.00042
	45°C, 7 mm	0.044	2.622		-1.671		0.99801	0.00638	0.00010
	55°C, 3 mm	-0.003	-41.200		42.028		0.99383	0.01501	0.00038
	55°C, 5 mm	0.065	1.922		-1.054		0.99566	0.00962	0.00023
	55°C, 7 mm	-0.004	-22.016		22.907		0.99829	0.00545	0.00005
	62°C, 3 mm	-0.002	-63.716		64.487		0.97468	0.02667	0.00178
	62°C, 5 mm	-0.012	-8.204		9.004		0.93792	0.03711	0.00230
	62°C, 7 mm	0.194	0.822		0.092		0.97865	0.01912	0.00091
Page	45°C, 3 mm	0.27441				1.063	0.98663	0.02237	0.00083
	45°C, 5 mm	0.24281				0.867	0.98771	0.11806	0.03485
	45°C, 7 mm	0.15991				1.007	0.99342	0.01160	0.00022
	55°C, 3 mm	0.30476				1.030	0.98357	0.02449	0.00150
	55°C, 5 mm	0.26354				0.853	0.98207	0.01956	0.00064
	55°C, 7 mm	0.19771				0.875	0.99578	0.00856	0.00012
	62°C, 3 mm	0.36523				0.878	0.99856	0.00637	0.00007
	62°C, 5 mm	0.31400				0.800	0.95630	0.03114	0.00200
	62°C, 7 mm	0.25473				0.780	0.97959	0.01869	0.00058
Wang and Singh	45°C, 3 mm		-0.246	0.017			0.98572	0.02312	0.00089
	45°C, 5 mm		-0.209	0.017			0.97396	0.02355	0.00092
	45°C, 7 mm		-0.150	0.008			0.99268	0.01224	0.00025
	55°C, 3 mm		-0.269	0.022			0.98906	0.01999	0.00067
	55°C, 5 mm		-0.219	0.018			0.96028	0.02912	0.00141
	55°C, 7 mm		-0.175	0.013			0.98611	0.01554	0.00040
	62°C, 3 mm		-0.296	0.028			0.97363	0.02721	0.00123
	62°C, 5 mm		-0.244	0.021			0.88577	0.05034	0.00422
	62°C, 7 mm		-0.211	0.019			0.95108	0.02894	0.00140