Claim · model-written summary
Solar drying markedly improved moisture diffusivity of tomatoes, with values of 4.65 × 10 −11 to 2.31 × 10 −11 m2/s.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume4 - Treatment
- solar dryinge4
- Outcome
- Moisture diffusivitye4
- Direction
- improvemente4
- Value
- 4.65 × 10 −11 to 2.31 × 10 −11 m 2 /se4
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Verbatim
e4“Moisture diffusivity analysis revealed a marked improvement in drying behavior under solar drying, with values ranging from 3.12 × 10 −11 to 4.31 × 10 −11 m 2 /s for bottle gourds, and 4.65 × 10 −11 to 2.31 × 10 −11 m 2 /s for tomatoes”
Title
Subbarama Kousik Suraparaju; Elavarasan Elangovan; Guna Muthuvairavan; et al. Scientific Reports 2024. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-78147-2
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect The solar dryer removed moisture from tomatoes with a 94.42% reduction compared with open-sun drying.
- Intervention effect The solar dryer removed moisture from bottle gourds with an 83.87% reduction compared with open-sun drying.
- Intervention effect Solar drying significantly enhanced drying rates of bottle gourds and tomatoes.
- Observation The maximum air temperature in the solar dryer reached 54.42 °C.
- Observation The maximum plate temperature in the solar dryer reached 63.38 °C.
- Intervention effect Solar drying markedly improved moisture diffusivity of bottle gourds, with values of 3.12 × 10 −11 to 4.31 × 10 −11 m2/s.
- Observation The exergy efficiency of the solar dryer peaked at 61.78% for bottle gourds.
- Observation The exergy efficiency of the solar dryer peaked at 68.5% for tomatoes.
- Intervention effect The activation energy for drying of bottle gourds was significantly lower in the solar dryer than in open-sun drying, at 29.14–46.41 kJ/mol.
- Intervention effect The activation energy for drying of tomatoes was significantly lower in the solar dryer than in open-sun drying, at 27.16–55.42 kJ/mol.
- Observation Visual inspection showed superior quality of the solar-dried bottle gourds and tomatoes, free from dust and impurities.
- Observation The payback period of the solar dryer system for bottle gourds is 2 years.
- Observation The payback period of the solar dryer system for tomatoes is 1.6 years.