TY  - GEN
T1  - Moisture determination of cocoa beans by microwave oven
A1  - Tiong, Stephen Mee Ing
LA  - English
YR  - 2023
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:http:--agris.upm.edu.my:0-23580
AB  - A statistical trial was conducted to compare microwave oven and air-heated oven methods for moisture determination of cocoa beans. The findings indicate that both methods are comparable in accuracy but better precision is obtained by the air-heated oven method. The time required for drying of cocoa beans is about 30 minutes by the proposed method as against 16 hours by the conventional technique.
KW  - Cocoa beans
KW  - Microwave ovens
KW  - Drying
KW  - Heat
KW  - Grinding
KW  - Moisture content
KW  - Fermentation
KW  - Process control
KW  - Malaysia
ER  -