Performance analysis of a double-deck conveyor dryer -A computational approach

Drying Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2055-2067

  Khankari, Kishor K ^a,b   Patankar, Suhas V ^a  

^a Research Inc   (United States)

^b Fluent Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Finite volume; Modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BELT CONVEYORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE;

DOUBLE DECK CONVEYOR DRYER; MOVING BED DRYER;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

CONVEYOR; DRYER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MOVING BED REGIME;

EID: 0033229950     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373939908917672     Document Type: Article

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