Novel design of an agricultural dryer

Energy Sources

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 417-426

  Khattab, N M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Constant area dryer; Dryer configuration; Energy consumption; Equal drying rate general fruit dryer; Pyramidal dryer; Uniform moisture content

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; DRYING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVAPORATION; FRUITS; MOISTURE;

CONSTANT AREA DRYER; DRYER CONFIGURATION; EQUAL DRYING RATE GENERAL FRUIT DRYER; MULTITRAY AGRICULTURAL DRYER; PYRAMIDAL DRYER; UNIFORM MOISTURE CONTENT;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

EID: 0031162660     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908319708908860     Document Type: Article

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