@article{article_796482, title={Use of response surface method for the prediction of osmo-solar drying behavior of Anamur banana rings}, journal={Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={26}, pages={183–192}, year={2021}, DOI={10.37908/mkutbd.796482}, author={Yıldız, Zehra and Akkari, Muhammed}, keywords={Kurutma, ozmotik dehidrasyon, güneş kurutucu, RSM}, abstract={<p> </p> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <span style="font-size:14px;"> <b> <i>Aims: </i> </b> In this study, banana rings were dried by a solar tray dryer together with osmotic dehydration called osmosolar dehydration. It was aimed to predict osmosolar dehydration drying conditions by Response Surface Method (RSM). </span> </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <b> <i>Methods and Results: </i> </b> Banana rings were firstly immersed in sucrose solution and then dried in a solar dryer. Inputs as drying conditions were chosen as solution concentrations, slice thickness, immerse time and solar drying time. Also, outputs are chosen as water loss, shrinkage ratio and yellow color change. The results clearly showed that both water loss and shrinkage ratio have increased due to increased solar drying time and immerse time. <br /> </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <b> <i>Conclusions: </i> </b> The correlation coefficient (R2) values of the water loss, shrinkage ratio and yellow color change for the RSM model were respectively found as 0.979, 0.930 and 0.920. <br /> </div> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align:justify;"> <b> <i>Significance and Impact of the Study: </i> </b>Anamur Banana, which has high moisture content and drying temperature, was dried using a combination of osmotic dehydration and solar drying. Pretreatment of osmotic dehydration was found to be effective in dried banana rings with solar tray dryer. </div>}, number={1}, publisher={Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi}