Table 8 The coefficients and statistics of the Midilli et al., models for different drying air temperatures and thyme weight sample

From: Effects of infrared assisted refractance window drying on physicochemical and quality attributes and thermodynamic analysis of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.)

Weight sample (g)

Drying temperature (◦C)

a

k

n

B

60

70 °C

0.9965

0.0093

1.0158

-0.00067

60

80 °C

0.9971

0.0095

1.0587

0.000029

60

90 °C

0.9961

0.0112

0.9998

-0.00018

90

70 °C

0.9997

0.0051

1.3251

0.000059

90

80 °C

1.0001

0.0065

1.0723

0.000034

90

90 °C

0.9978

0.0066

1.1253

0.000062

120

70 °C

1.0005

0.0043

1.1954

0.000072

120

80 °C

0.9974

0.0048

1.2452

0.000045

120

90 °C

0.9983

0.0053

1.0985

0.000038

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