Development of design charts for tunnel dryers

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1023-1037

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dryer cascade; Dryer design; Dryer simulation; Material shrinkage

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DRYER; MODELING;

EID: 0031450491     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199709)21:11<1023::AID-ER309>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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