Figure 5 Moisture ratio of predicted and experimental data of small size shrimp under the condition of 1-stage drying using hot air convection with temperatures of 37.8 - 69.9 °C and average hot air flow rate of 1.1 m/s (recycled air of 66.7 %).
From the simulated drying equation, the arbitrary constants k and n for small- size and large-size of shrimp in Page’s model was determined and the results showed that the arbitrary constants depended on the drying temperature as shown in the following equations: