Food Chemistry: X (Dec 2023)

Influence of electrohydrodynamics on the drying characteristics and volatile components of iron stick yam

  • Jie Zhang,
  • Changjiang Ding,
  • Jingli Lu,
  • Huixin Wang,
  • Yuting Bao,
  • Bingyang Han,
  • Shanshan Duan,
  • Zhiqing Song,
  • Hao Chen

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20
p. 101026

Abstract

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The drying characteristics, rehydration capacity, color, infrared spectra and volatile components of iron stick yam slices were investigated under different alternating current (AC) voltages (13, 17, 21 kV), hot air drying (HAD) (60 °C) and natural drying (AD) by electrohydrodynamic (EHD) drying and HAD experimental devices. The results showed that slices of iron stick yam dried the quickest with HAD, which also had the fastest drying rate; while drying the slices of iron stick yam with EHD led to a better rehydration capacity, higher brightness L* and whiteness, a more stable protein secondary structure, and a greater variety and content of volatile components compared with AD and HAD. These finding indicated that EHD is a more promising method for drying iron stick yam.

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