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Effect of Particle Size and Transparent Solar Dryer Cover on the Proximate Analysis of Dried Onion

O. O. Oniya, C. O. Olatunji, M. I. Olatunji, K. O. Aremu & O. A. Adeiza · Asian Food Science Journal · 2021

In this work, we investigate effect of particle size and transparent solar dryer cover on the proximate analysis of dried onion. A solar drying unit was developed and constructed for drying the of red onion slices in order to determine the proximate composition of fresh and dried...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i1130382

Effect of Temperature on Drying Characteristics and Quality of Three Nigerian Onion Varieties Using a Fabricated Electrically Powered Dryer

O.O. Oniya, A. B. Fashina, A. O. Adeiza, O. Ogunkunle & A. O. Adebayo · Asian Food Science Journal · 2021

The research work is done to evaluate the effect of temperature on drying characteristics and quality of red, cream and white varieties Nigerian onion using a locally fabricated electrically powered dryer. Clean onion samples of 1.5 kg from each of the three varieties were sliced...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/afsj/2021/v20i1030364