Table 1.

Effect of the drying conditions on parameters k, a, b, and c of the functions used to describe the drying kinetics, including Lech’s model, of dehydrated pomegranate pomace (PomP)

Treatment	$\text{Drying kinetics MR}=\text{a}+\frac{b}{\begin{array}{c}1+e^{-k\left(\tau -c\right)}\end{array}}$
	$\tau$ [min]	k	A	b	c	R 2	RMSE
CD 50 °C	360	0.0023e†	0.0111c	1.409c	29.16a	0.9995	0.0075
CD 60 °C	240	0.0275de	0.0043c	1.721c	9.90b	0.9992	0.0107
CD 70 °C	180	0.0350d	0.0006c	1.480c	19.01a	0.9974	0.0197
VMD 240 W	52	0.0956c	0.0001a	3.276a	− 8.68e	0.9996	0.0072
VMD 360 W	33	0.1526b	0.0a	3.451a	− 5.89d	0.9995	0.0087
VMD 480 W	26	0.2274a	0.0114b	2.689b	− 2.36c	0.9996	0.0069
CPD 60 °C–VMFD 360 W	138	0.2284b	0.0131d	0.124d	− 0.46e	0.9998	0.0004

	$\text{Drying kinetics}MR=EXP\left(\frac{0.712}{T}-0.0206\right)·{\tau }^{1.17}$
CD	–	–	–	–	–	0.9971	0.0185

	$\text{Drying kinetics}MR=EXP\left(0.0207-0.000345·P\right)·{\tau }^{1.09}$
VMD	–	–	–	–	–	0.9994	0.0073

^†Values (mean of 3 replications) followed by the same letter, within the same column, were not significantly different (p < 0.05), according to Tukey’s least significant difference test