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In this study, the drying kinetics, e ff ective
moisture di ff usivity (D e ff ) , speci fi c energy consumption
( SEC ) , colour, and shrinkage (S b ) of pomegranate arils
were compared when dried by convective ( CV ) drying
and microwave ( MW ) drying. The experiments were per -
formed at air temperature of 50, 60, and 70°C and air
velocity of 1 m/s for CV drying and 270, 450, and 630 W
for MW drying. The results showed that increasing air
temperature and MW power increased the D e ff. The cal -
culations demonstrated that the maximum D e ff for pome -
granate arils was obtained for MW drying ( 630 W ) .
Maximum SEC for pomegranate arils in the CV dryer
was 145.12 kWh/kg, whereas in the MW dryer was
35.42 kWh/kg. In MW dryer, the lowest values of colour
change and shrinkage were 6.77 and 50.5%, respec -
tively. Comprehensive comparison of the di ff erent drying
methods ( MW and CV ) revealed that MW drying had best
drying performance for pomegranate arils, considering the
drying time, e ff ective moisture di ff usion, SEC, colour, and
shrinkage
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Color Energy Convective drying Microwave drying Pomegranate Shrinkage
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Kaveh M, Golpour I, Gonçalves JC, Ghafouri S, Guiné RPF. (2021) Determination of drying kinetics, speci fi c energy consumption, shrinkage, and colour properties of pomegranate arils submitted to microwave and convective drying. Open Agriculture, 6(1), 230-242.