Numerical study on sublimation-condensation phenomena during microwave freeze drying

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3189-3197

  Wang, Zhao Hui ^a   Shi, Ming Heng ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drying; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Numerical analysis; Porous media

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SUBLIMATION; VACUUM;

MICROWAVE FREEZE DRYING;

DRYING;

CONDENSATION; DRYING; FREEZING; MICROWAVE DRYING;

EID: 0032173113     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00103-1     Document Type: Article

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