The results observed in this work s

The results observed in this work show that it is possible to dry chickpeas using an indirect-type solar
dryer. The studied chickpeas came from Guanajuato State, in Mexico, and had an average moisture
content of 0.52 kg water/kg dry mass (dm). At the end of the drying process this content was of 0.02 kgwater/kg dm. The required time to accomplish this drying quality was 40 hours in April and 32 hours in
May, 2012. The empirical model that best represented the process was the exponential one, with the three
imposed conditions, namely,