In previous paper 2), we have studied the over-all drying-rate equations of various-shaped potatoes. In this paper, we studied the shrinkage and the rate equatiolis in the drying of potatoes.
The shrinkage and the drying-rate equations were postulated as follow.
dx / dθ = k_n S(1 - x)^n
For simple empirical type:
S / S_o = -a^* x + 1, a^* = 1 - S_e / S_o
For uniform drying model:
S / S_o = (-a^* x + 1)^2/3
a^* = 1 - {(w_e / p_e) / [(w_o - w_e) / pH + w_e / p_e]}
For drying-shell model:
S / S_o = (-a^* x + 1)^2/3, a^* = 1 - w_e p_o / (w_o p_e)
where, x : drying ratio (-), θ: drying time (min), S, w and p : sample area (cm²), weight(g) and density (g/cm³ ). Subscripts H,O and e : water, initial and equilibrium states.
The drying-rate equatiolis based on the drying-shell model 4) were postulated too. These calculated results roughly agree with the observcd values.