Table 1.

Parameters, coefficients of determination (R²) and mean square deviations (MSD) of the models fitted to the drying curves of BBSP at two drying conditions (50 and 70 °C) for the control samples without ultrasound pre-treatment (C) and samples with ultrasound pretreatment (US)

Model	Parameters	50 °C		70 °C
		C	US	C	US
Page	Equation	RX = exp (− Ktn)
	a	0.0083	0.0379	0.0753	0.0464
	n	17.42	0.803	17.74	0.879
	R2	0.2483	0.9992	0.4262	0.9999
	P	93.75	25.999	90.909	61.143
Henderson-Pabis	Equation	RX = exp (− Kt)
	a	0.8881	0.94	0.9681	0.9787
	k	0.021	0.015	0.033	0.029
	R2	0.9499	0.9886	0.9906	0.997
	P	37.482	18.314	28.606	12.916
Logarithmic	Equation	RX = exp (− Kt) +c
	a	0.8733	0.9204	0.9468	0.9661
	c	0.066	0.0488	0.0369	0.0208
	k	0.03	0.018	0.037	0.031
	R2	0.9715	0.9952	0.9956	0.9982
	P	32.151	10.701	23.397	15.141
Wang and Singh	RX = 1 + at + bt2
	a	0.0131	0.0106	0.0192	0.0183
	b	0.00004	0.00003	0.00009	0.00008
	R2	0.7288	0.9049	0.8825	0.9306
Two-terms exponential	RX = aexp(− Kt)+ bexp(− wt)
	a	0.4166	0.3312	0.6257	0.8167
	b	0.5833	0.6705	0.3745	0.1834
	k	0.149	0.048	0.023	0.025
	w	0.014	0.011	0.091	0.103
	R2	0.9999	0.9995	0.9999	0.9999
	P	16.503	24.092	23.265	31.611
Single exponential	RX = exp(− Kt)
	k	0.025	0.016	0.034	0.029
	R2	0.9344	0.9839	0.9893	0.9965
	p	47.159	23.144	31.32	15.089

C control, US ultrasound