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Android Mobile Application for Modeling Solar Drying Kinetics

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The application of Android and Communication Technologies to the engineering sector has increased notably in the last years. This work presents a new mobile software application for Modeling Solar Drying Kinetic named (SDK). The experimental data were transmitted by mobile from solar dryer in open air to a station of reception when they will be treated by our software application and the moisture ratio (MR) will be modeled with drying time. Coefficients of the models were determined by non-linear regression analysis and the models were compared based on their coefficient of determination (R2), sum of square errors (SSE), root mean square error (RMSE) and chi-square (2) between experimental and predicted moisture ratios. Drying curves can be also developed by this application and the effective moisture diffusivity (Deff) can be calculated. In order to evaluate the application developed, it was tested on the thin layer solar drying of kiwifruit. The Page and the modified Page models were found to be the most suitable to describe the solar drying curves of Kiwifruit and the effective moisture diffusivity is 0.239410-12m²/s. Therefore, the proposed android application can present comfortable usage and excellent tools for modeling solar drying kinetics.
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