TY - JOUR ID - eprints13350 Y1 - 2018/// AV - public A1 - Ohijeagbon, I. O. A1 - lasode, O.A. A1 - Adebayo, Segun A1 - Ajayi, O. O. A1 - Omotosho, Olugbenga Adeshola SP - 641 EP - 647 JF - Data in Brief N2 - The datasetpresentedinthisarticlerepresentthedryingchar- acteristics ofasemi-automatedgas-fired fish dryer.Acabinetdryer wasconstructedmainlyfrommildsteelsheetmetalandstainless steel, andwasusedfordryingprepared fish samplesof Clarias gariepinus species. Majoroperatingparameterswhichincluded mass of fish, massofLiquefied PetroleumGasused,insidetem- peratureofthedryer,anddryingtimeweremonitored.Also, output parameterssuchasthemoisturecontentandenergyuti- lization amongstotherswereobservedandrecordedatvarying time intervalsandspecified dryingtemperatures.Thedrying temperaturewassustainedviaanincorporatedPIDtemperature controller thatalloweddryingtoproceeduntilarelativelycon- stant massofthedried fish sampleswasattained.Theinformation contained inthisdataarticleincludeaschematicdrawingofdry- ing kineticsanalysisofthesemi-automatedgas-fired fish dryer and apictorialviewofthegas-fired cabinetdryer.Alsoincluded are pictorialrepresentationsofthewashedandneatlyfolded degutted fish samplesanddried fish samples.Dataprovidedinthis article arethoserelatingtoprocessparametersofthesemi-auto- mated fish dryer,dataofoutputparametersofthe fish dryerand comparisons ofmoisturecontentandenergyutilizationatdiffer- ent dryingtemperatureswithtime. TI - Data on drying kinetics of a semi-automated gas-fired fish dryer UR - http://www.elsevier.com/locate/dib ER -