Cross-flow drying of wheat: A simulation program with a diffusion-based deep-bed model and a kinetic equation for viability loss estimation

Drying Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2255-2292

  Giner, S A ^a,c,d   Mascheroni, R H ^a,c   Nellist, M E ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fixed bed drying; Germination; Grain dryers; Heat and mass transfer; Modelling; Quality losses; Wheat quality

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

FIXED BED DRYING; GERMINATION; KINETIC EQUATION; QUALITY LOSSES; WHEAT;

DRYING;

DRYING; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; WHEAT;

EID: 0030293922     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373939608917206     Document Type: Article

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