Investigation of boiling front during vacuum drying of wood

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 639-647

  Chen, Zhangjing ^b   Lamb, Fred M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drying model; Vacuum drying

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008267774     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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