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ArticleScientific reports2025

Effect of different levels of operating pressure and drying temperature on thin layer modeling and drying costs of mint leaves.

Nabil Eldesokey Mansour, Khaled A Metwally, Amena Ali Alsakran, Aml Abubakr Tantawy, Salah Elsayed, Wael Abdel-Moneim Omar, Atef Fathy Ahmed, Omar Saeed, Mohamed Hamdy Eid, Tamer M El-Messery and 1 more

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Nabil Eldesokey MansourAgricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt.
Khaled A MetwallySoil and Water Sciences Department, Faculty of Technology and Development, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt. khametwally@zu.edu.eg.
Amena Ali AlsakranDepartment of Biology, College of Science and Humanities, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Aml Abubakr TantawyFood Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, 65211, Egypt.
Salah ElsayedAgricultural Engineering, Evaluation of Natural Resources Department, Environmental Studies and Research Institute, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, 32897, Egypt.
Wael Abdel-Moneim OmarDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, 21944, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Atef Fathy AhmedDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, 21944, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Omar SaeedDoctoral School of Environmental Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE), Páter Károly u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary. Saeed.Omar.Abdulhakim.Hizam@phd.uni-mate.hu.
Mohamed Hamdy EidInstitute of Environmental Management, Faculty of Earth Science, University of Miskolc, Miskolc- Egyetemváros, 3515, Hungary. Mohamedhemida@uni-miskolc.hu.
Tamer M El-MesseryInternational Research Centre "Biotechnologies of the Third Millennium", Faculty of Biotechnologies (BioTech), ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 191002.
Abdallah Elshawadfy ElwakeelAgricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Aswan University, Aswan, 81528, Egypt.

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Abstract

Drying medicinal plants such as mint using vacuum dryers is a highly effective method for preserving their bioactive compounds, essential oils, and therapeutic properties. Unlike traditional drying methods, vacuum drying operates at low temperatures and reduces pressure, minimizing heat damage and oxidation. So, the current study aimed to dry mint leaves using a developed automatic vacuum dryer at three different temperatures (40, 50, and 60 °C) and three different operating pressures (atm, - 5 kPa, and - 10 kPa). All mint samples were subjected to drying at normal atmospheric pressure (atm) to establish a reference point for the comparison between the conventional oven system, which utilizes atmospheric pressure drying, and vacuum drying. It is the goal of this comparison study to find out which drying method works best and how changes in pressure affect thin-layer modeling, thermodynamic properties, drying kinetics, and the costs of drying mint leaves. The obtained results indicated that the drying constant increased with decreasing the operating pressure. Furthermore, the highest drying rate was 0.0431 g

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DesiccationMenthaPlant LeavesPressureTemperatureThermodynamicsVacuumActivation energyDrying processEconomic analysisEffective moisture diffusivityMathematical modelingMedical plants

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