Table 2.

Weibull parameters for TB with different tea loading and different shapes at 60 °C for S2 (LT loose tea, DC double chambered, SC single chambered; Cir-circular)

Parameter	Tea type	Rate parameter (λ) (s−1)	Shape parameter (ϕ)	R 2 values
Tea bed	Separating funnel (Joshi et al. 2016)	0.013	1.04	0.881
Loose tea	LT	0.034	0.18	0.944
Effect of tea loading	DC_1 g	0.032	0.88	0.990
	DC_2 g	0.030	1.17	0.956
	DC_3 g	0.026	1.28	0.993
Effect of tea bag shapes	SC_2 g	0.038	0.82	0.968
	Cir_2 g	0.047	1.11	0.957