Drying red kidney beans (Phaseolusvulgaris) using an inflatable solar dryer: Implication on product quality
- Publikations-Art
- Poster
- Autoren
- Schock, S; Romuli, S; Chupona, L.; Müller, J
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2018
- Veröffentlicht in
- Book of Abstracts
- Herausgeber
- ISEKI Food Association
- Serie/Bezeichnung
- The food system appraoch: new challenges for education, research and industry
- ISBN / ISSN / eISSN
- 978-3-900932-57-2
- Seite (von - bis)
- 273
- Tagungsname
- 5th International ISEKI Food Conference
- Tagungsort
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Tagungsdatum
- 3 - 5 July, 2018
- Schlagworte
- drying, solar dryer
• In many African countries traditional open sundrying is still a dominant practice during post-harvesthandling.
• Fluctuating weather conditions and contamination by insects and rodents are preeminent problems leading to quality deterioration and postharvestlosses.
• High mycotoxin contamination is often identified and related to an insufficient drying processes
• The application of an Inflatable Solar Dryer (ISD) for drying red beans has not been investigated to date.