Tob. Sci., 1996, 40-09, p. 58-68, ISSN. 0082-4523
Rapid drying of yellowed flue-cured tobacco
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Experiments were undertaken to explore the effect of rapid drying of yellowed flue-cured tobacco lamina within minutes rather than hours. Tobacco rapidly dried at elevated temperatures under infrared radiation within 5 min was compared with normally...