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Assessment of greenhouse technologies on the drying behavior of cocoa beans.

ABSTRACT: Cocoa beans (Theobroma cacao L.) are the principal raw material for chocolate manufacture. Before cocoa beans are ready for the chocolate industry, farm-based fermentation and drying processes are key determinants of bean quality and hence the price. To improve its value, cocoa beans were dried in a modified greenhouse (MGHD), conventional greenhouse (CGHD), and open sun (OSD) dryers. The drying behavior, kinetics, and quality were evaluated. The MGHD was constructed by modifying a conventional greenhouse with a fleece of black polyester material. Evaluation of air properties of the dryers without and with cocoa beans showed that the MGHD had average temperatures of 2 and 8°C above, and relative humidity of 12.28% and 25.48% below the CGHD and OSD, respectively. The drying data were fitted to four thin layer mathematical models. The Page and Overhult models gave favorable ranges of R 2 (.976 to .987), chi-square (3.7 × 10-4 to 9.9 × 10-4), and root mean square (RMSE; 0.0188 to 0.0307) for the three dryers. The cocoa beans dried in the MGHD took a shorter time to reach the expected 5%-8% moisture content and were of grade one quality.

SUBMITTER: Banboye FD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7300052 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Assessment of greenhouse technologies on the drying behavior of cocoa beans.

Banboye Frederick D FD Ngwabie Martin N MN Eneighe Silvia A SA Nde Divine B DB

Food science & nutrition 20200416 6

Cocoa beans (<i>Theobroma cacao</i> L.) are the principal raw material for chocolate manufacture. Before cocoa beans are ready for the chocolate industry, farm-based fermentation and drying processes are key determinants of bean quality and hence the price. To improve its value, cocoa beans were dried in a modified greenhouse (MGHD), conventional greenhouse (CGHD), and open sun (OSD) dryers. The drying behavior, kinetics, and quality were evaluated. The MGHD was constructed by modifying a conven ...[more]

PMID: 32566192

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