Temp. (oC)/
Power (W)
k1 RMSE
(d.b. decimal)
R2
40°C 0.15 ± 0.001 h-1 0.067 0.98
50°c 0.20 ± 0.002 h-1 0.071 0.97
60°C 0.33 ± 0.006 h-1 0.083 0.97
70°C 0.45 ± 0.008 h-1 0.064 0.98
500 W 0.27 ± 0.001 min-1 0.016 0.99
600 W 0.33 ± 0.002 min-1 0.024 0.98
800 W 0.36 ± 0.005 min-1 0.017 0.99
Values’ mean calculation ± SD (Standard Deviation)
Table 1: Drying constant k1 for hot air and microwave drying.