@article{article_289008, title={Sun Drying of Cornelian Cherry Fruits (Cornus mas L.)}, journal={Erzincan University Journal of Science and Technology}, volume={10}, pages={68–77}, year={2017}, DOI={10.18185/erzifbed.289008}, author={Beşe, Ayşe Vildan and Polatoğlu, Bilgehan}, keywords={: Cornelian cherry,Drying kinetics,Modeling,Effective diffusivity,Vitamin C}, abstract={<p> </p> <p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">In this study, the sun drying behavior of <b> <span style="margin:0px;color:#000000;"> </span> </b> <span style="margin:0px;color:#000000;">cornelian cherry fruits </span> <span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(19,20,19);">was investigated. The drying rate curve of cornelian
cherry was shown that the drying process took place in the falling rate period.
Twelve thin-layer mathematical models were used for </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;color:#000000;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> explaining the thin
layer drying kinetics of cornelian cherry. <span style="margin:0px;">  </span>The </span> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">approximation of diffusion </span> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;color:#000000;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us"> model was found to
be the most appropriate model for the process. <span style="margin:0px;">  </span> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;color:#000000;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">The Fick’s diffusion model was used to calculate the effective moisture
diffusion coefficients ( <i>D <sub> <font size="2">eff </font> </sub> </i>)
of cornelian cherry. The value of <i>D <sub> <font size="2">eff </font> </sub> </i>was obtained as </span> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">1.20x10 <sup> <font size="2">-11 </font> </sup>
m <sup> <font size="2">2 </font> </sup>/s. <span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);">The vitamin C degradation of dried
cornelian cherry was determined as about 51.1 </span>% <span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);">. </span> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> <i> </i> <u> </u> <sub> </sub> <sup> </sup> <strike> </strike> <br /> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Erzincan Binali Yildirim University}