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In this study thin-layer drying of bergamot was modelled using artificial neural network. An experimental dryer was used. Thin-layer of bergamot slices at five air temperatures (40, 50, 60, 70 & 80 ºC), one thickness (6 mm) and three air velocities (0.5, 1 & 2 m/s) were artificially dried. Initial moisture content (M.C.) during all experiments was between 5.2 to 5.8 (g.g) (d.b.). Mass of samples were recorded and saved every 5 sec. using a digital balance connected to a PC. MLP with momentum and levenberg-marquardt (LM) were used to train the ANNS. In order to develop ANN’s models, temperatures, air velocity and time are used as input vectors and moisture ration as the output. Results showed a 3-8-1 topology for thickness of 6 mm, with LM algorithm and TANSIG activation function was able to predict moisture ratio with R 2 of 0.99936. The corresponding MSE for this topology was 0.00006.
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Sharifi, M., Rafiee, S., Ahmadi, H., Rezaee, M. (2011). Prediction of Moisture Content of Bergamot Fruit during Thin-Layer Drying Using Artificial Neural Networks. In: Pichappan, P., Ahmadi, H., Ariwa, E. (eds) Innovative Computing Technology. INCT 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 241. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27337-7_8
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