On the drying of food products in a tunnel dryer

Drying Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 857-880

  Chou, S K ^a   Hawlader, M N A ^a   Chua, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dryer modelling; Food material shrinkage; Tunnel dryer cascade

Indexed keywords

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); FOOD PRODUCTS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

DRYER MODELING; HYGROSCOPIC POROUS PRODUCTS; TUNNEL DRYERS;

DRYING;

DRYERS; FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 0031081973     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373939708917265     Document Type: Article

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