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The water desorption properties of osmotically dehydrated papaya cubes at various temperatures were studied by fitting experimental isotherms in Henderson, Oswin, Chen and Clayton and Kuhn equations having 2 parameters and Henderson and Oswin equations were modified to describe the temperature dependence of isotherm data. Oswin equation was useful to predict the equilibrium moisture content values for use in determining the effective moisture diffusion coefficient during subsequent air drying process.
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Jain, S.K., Verma, R.C., Sharma, G.P. et al. Studies on moisture sorption isotherms for osmotically dehydrated papaya cubes and verification of selected models. J Food Sci Technol 47, 343–346 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-010-0056-7
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