Study of drying kinetics and quality attributes of fermented corn grains as affected by drying temperatures and velocities

D eff , moisture diffusivity (m 2 /s); L, half of the thickness of the sample (m 2 );M 0 , initial moisture content of the sample (g water/g solid); M i , instantaneous moisture content of the sample (g water/g solid); M e , equilibrium moisture content of the sample (g water/g solid); MBE, mean bias error; MR, moisture ratio; MR exp , experimental moisture ratio; MR pre , predicted moisture ratio; n, Drying constant in the model; N, number of observation; RMSE, root mean square error; R 2 , coefficient of determination; t, drying time (hr); 2 , reduced chi square; z, number of constant in the models