dryingkineticmodels

The dryingkineticmodels package fits 20 thin-layer drying kinetic models to experimental moisture ratio (MR) data, ranks them by statistical criteria, identifies the best model, performs residual diagnostics, and exports a formatted report to a Word document.

Installation

# Install from CRAN
install.packages("dryingkineticmodels")

Usage

library(dryingkineticmodels)

# From an Excel file
result <- dryingkineticmodels("drying_data.xlsx")

# From a data frame
df <- data.frame(
  time = c(0, 30, 60, 90, 120),
  MR   = c(1.00, 0.74, 0.51, 0.32, 0.18)
)
result <- dryingkineticmodels(df)

Models Included

20 thin-layer drying models are fitted, including Lewis, Page, Modified Page, Henderson