Computational fluid dynamics of industrial batch dryers of fruits

Drying Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-25

  Kiranoudis, ^a,b   Karathanos, ^a   Markatos, ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Batch dryers; Computational fluid dynamics; Modeling; Numerical methods; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUITS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

INDUSTRIAL BATCH DRYERS;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRYING; FOOD;

EID: 0033009349     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373939908917516     Document Type: Article

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