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标题：Dried Figs Quality Improvement and Process Energy Savings by Combinatory Application of Osmotic Pretreatment and Conventional Air Drying
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作者：Varvara Andreou ; Ioanna Thanou ; Marianna Giannoglou 等
期刊名称：Foods
电子版ISSN：2304-8158
出版年度：2021
卷号：10
期号：8
DOI：10.3390/foods10081846
语种：English
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：This study concerns the implementation of osmotic dehydration (OD) as a pre-treatment of air-drying in fig halves, aiming at drying acceleration, energy savings and product quality improvement. The effect of solid/liquid mass ratio, process temperature (25–45 °C) and duration (up to 300 min) on water activity (a w) and transport phenomena during OD, was modelled. The effective diffusion coefficients, drying time and energy consumption, were also calculated during air-drying at 50–70 °C. At optimum OD conditions (90 min, 45 °C), the highest water loss and solid gain ratio were achieved, while the a w (equal to an initial value 0.986) was decreased to 0.929. Air-drying time of OD- and control samples was estimated at 12 and 21 h, at 60 °C, respectively, decreasing the required energy by up to 31.1%. Quality of dried figs was systematically monitored during storage. OD-assisted air-drying led to a product of improved quality and extended shelf-life.
关键词：enfigs;osmotic dehydration;air-drying;energy consumption;quality;shelf-life