The two parameters of Page model for unblanched samples appear to follow a consistent trend for
samples A and B as the values were observed to increase with temperature. However, for sample C no
trend was observable; the parameter values appear to be fairly constant. The trend displayed by the
parameters’ values for samples A (10 × 10 × 5 mm) and B (20 × 20 × 10 mm) were expected (since
drying rate is expected to increase with temperature), but the result for C (20 × 20 × 10 mm) cannot be
explained. The parameters of blanched samples recorded increase values with temperature as
expected. However, values for parameter ‘a’ were generally lower than those for unblanched while
reverse is the case for parameter ‘b’. Parameters ‘b’ and ‘c’ for two-term and logarithmic models
respectively recorded negative values consistently for blanched and unblanched sample.