limatic conditions for variety of food product characteris- tics on equitable basis. This objective can better be achieved with the selection of single parameter correlation that can characterize the effectiveness of dryer system in meaningful manner. In order to express the experimental results of various test conditions for practical applicability, the gener- alized experimental data shown in Figs. 7–11 is individually regressed. The general form of equation representing regression results of all test conditions is proposed as:
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