Drying Kinetics and Quality of Shrimp Undergoing Different Two-Stage Drying Processes |
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Authors: | Yuvanaree Namsanguan Warunee Tia Sakamon Devahastin Somchart Soponronnarit |
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Affiliation: |
a School of Energy and Materials, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
b Department of Food Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Abstract: | An innovative two-stage drying concept is presented in this article. The work considered drying of shrimp using a superheated steam dryer followed by a heat pump (SSD/HPD) or a hot air dryer (SSD/AD) both from drying kinetics and dried product quality points of view. The experiments were performed using the first-stage superheated steam drying temperature of 140°C while the second-stage heat pump drying (or hot air drying) was performed at 50°C. The moisture content of shrimp at the end of the superheated steam drying stage was varied between 30 and 40% (w.b.). The effect of tempering between SSD/HPD was also investigated. Shrinkage, color, rehydration behavior, texture (toughness and hardness), and microstructure of dried shrimp were measured. The results showed that SSD/HPD dried shrimp had much lower degree of shrinkage, higher degree of rehydration, better color, less tough and softer, and more porous than single-stage SSD dried shrimp. It was also found that SSD/AD gave redder shrimp compared to shrimp dried in a single-stage superheated steam dryer. No improvement in terms of shrinkage and rehydration behavior was observed, however. |
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Keywords: | Color Hybrid drying Rehydration behavior SEM Shrinkage Texture |
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