Determination of Drying Characteristics and Modelling of Drying Behaviour of Mushroom(Agaricus Bisporus)

In this study, drying characteristics of mushroom were determined and moisture content at any time of drying process were investigated by different drying models. Drying time were examined at the drying air temperatures of 50, 60 and 70°C and drying velocities of 1.0, 2,0 and 3,0 m/s. These data were then applied to the thin layer drying models of Newton, Page, Modified Page, Henderson and Pabis, Logaritmic, two-term, two-term exponential, Wang and Singh, Thompson, difusion approximation, Modified Henderson and Pabis, Verma et al. and Midilli et al. for determination of the best suitable mathematical model. According to the results, Midilli et al. model is superior to the others for explaining drying behavior of mushroom.