4. Results and Discussion
The drying chamber was considered as adiabatic in operation. Equipment and the dry samples were of negligible heat capacity. Heat losses through the walls of the chamber were also negligible; the temperature of wet sample was at the thermodynamic wet-bulb temperature of the air flowing in the chamber. All the heat absorbed through the evaporation of water was accounted by the decrease in dry-bulb air temperature. The curve that describes the behavior of anchovy fish drying at different air temperature, air velocity and load are shown in Figs. 3-8. The curve of dimensionless moisture content (wet basis) was constructed as a function of drying time and the curve of drying rate as a function of drying time.