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- Title
The Effect of Moisture Content, Temperature and Variety on Specific Heat of Edible-Wild Mushrooms: Model Construction and Analysis.
- Authors
Soraya Saenmuang; Arpassorn Sirijariyawat; Nattapol Aunsri
- Abstract
Specific heat is a property of foods materials needed for analysis and design processes involving heat transfer. The specific heat of edible-wild mushrooms as affected by moisture content, temperature and mushroom variety was investigated in this paper. The ranges of moisture content and temperature studied in this paper were 0.05-0.80 kg water/kg sample and 10-90°C. The significant of the studying factors was analyzed and the regression analysis was then performed to determine the best model for predicting specific heat. The statistical analysis and software were performed and used for the judgment of the degree of accuracy of the fitted models. A linear function of specific heat with moisture content and temperature was proposed and model efficiency was evaluated statistically. The obtained model obviously outperformed the other conventional models and was found to be successful in much better specific heat prediction of mushroom varieties which will be very useful in practical use of mushrooms in industry.
- Subjects
SPECIFIC heat measurement; EDIBLE mushrooms; MOISTURE content of plants; HEAT transfer; CULTIVARS; EFFECT of temperature on plants
- Publication
Engineering Letters, 2017, Vol 25, Issue 4, p446
- ISSN
1816-093X
- Publication type
Article