May 2014

Impact of industrial effluents on water quality of Kali river in different locations of Meerut, India

Water covers approximately 70.9% of earth’s surface and is a vital source for all known forms of life. The study highlights the pernicious elements present in water of Kali River. Various physico-chemical parameters, like Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total hardness, Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), pH, Calcium, Magnesium, Chloride, and Sulphate were undertaken during present study. It...

Author(s): S. Sirohi, S. P. S. Sirohi and P. K. Tyagi

May 2014

Mass and color kinetics of foamed and non foamed grape concentrate during convective drying process: A comparative study

Experiments were conducted on drying of grape concentrate to form leather by using convective and foam mat drying process. Mass and color degradation kinetics of both non foamed and foamed grape concentrate were studied at selected temperatures (55, 65 and 75°C) at constant drying bed thickness of 5 mm. The results indicated that the drying took place in falling rate period where as higher drying rate was observed...

Author(s): Kalika Gupta and M. S. Alam