Table 3.

Physical traits of dried fig slices as a function of temperature and drying air flow rate and temperature.

			Water activity (aw)	Thickness (mm)	ΔE (Peels)	ΔE (Pulp)
Dv = 150 m3/h	60 °C	Rey Blanche	0.44 ± 0	4.01 ± 0.46	44.26 ± 0.7	37.51 ± 4.2
	70 °C		0.44 ± 0	3.85 ± 0.52	33.54 ± 1.3	35.24 ± 3.6
	80 °C		0.34 ± 0.01	3.47 ± 0.39	30.1 ± 3	31.91 ± 3.6
	60 °C	Conidria	0.46 ± 0.02	4.1 ± 0.18	50.7 ± 2.6	44.13 ± 1.8
	70 °C		0.4 ± 0.01	3.93 ± 0.31	48.8 ± 3	35.67 ± 0.7
	80 °C		0.35 ± 0.1	4.13 ± 0.64	44.69 ± 0.8	32.06 ± 1.4
Dv = 300 m3/h	60 °C	Rey Blanche	0.41 ± 0.01	4.15 ± 0.47	46.76 ± 1.6	43.91 ± 3
	70 °C		0.36 ± 0.01	3.76 ± 0.72	43 ± 2.3	40.36 ± 1.9
	80 °C		0.3 ± 0	2.9 ± 0.7	22.09 ± 1.1	29.77 ± 2.9
	60 °C	Rey Blanche	0.4 ± 0.01	4.03 ± 0.57	35.24 ± 4.5	42.5 ± 0.5
	70 °C		0.35 ± 0.02	3.13 ± 0.39	33.7 ± 2.7	37.71 ± 3.4
	80 °C		0.31 ± 0.01	2.68 ± 0.47	23.52 ± 2.2	30.5 ± 1.4