Osmotic Pretreatment
k
n
%E
RMSE
χ
2
R
2
30oC/40%w/w
0.4663
0.6476
11.4
0.0415
0.00259
0.95
30oC/50%w/w
0.4795
0.6395
1.82
0.0138
0.00032
0.98
30oC/60%w/w
0.5326
0.6273
1.02
0.0038
0.00003
0.99
40oC/40%w/w
0.4730
0.6998
0.70
0.0041
0.000027
0.99
50oC/40%w/w
0.5071
0.7073
0.36
0.0032
0.000021
0.99
Control(Non-osmosised)
0.3568
0.7594
2.99
0.0163
0.000355
0.97
Table 4:
Summary of the values of page model parameters together with the mean relative error (%E) reduced chi-square (χ2), root mean square error (RMSE) and
correlation coefficient (R2) for the drying of coconut.
