Table 1.

Thin layer drying models used for fitting the drying data

Sl.No	Model	Equation	References
1	Newton	$MR=e^{-kt}$	Lewis (1921)
2	Henderson and pabis	$MR=a\times e^{-kt}$	Henderson and Pabis (1961)
3	Page	$MR=e^{-k{t}^n}$	Page (1949)
4	Modified page	$MR=e^{-{\left(\mathit{kt}\right)}^n}$	Overhults et al. (1973)
5	Logarithmic	$MR=a\times e^{-kt}+c$	Yağcıoğlu et al. (1999)

MR moisture ratio; a, c, n: drying coefficients; k: drying constant; t: drying time