Drying of biomass particles in fixed and moving beds

Drying Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 6-8, 1997, Pages 1919-1929

  Saastamoinen, J ^a   Impola, R ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air; Batch processes; Counterflow; Crossflow; Drying; Flue gases; Parallel flow; Solids; Steam

Indexed keywords

AIR; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUE GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STEAM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BATCH PROCESSES; COUNTERFLOW PROCESSES; CROSS FLOW PROCESSES; FIXED BEDS; MOVING BEDS; PARALLEL FLOW PROCESSES;

BIOMASS;

EID: 0031177327     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373939708917337     Document Type: Article

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