Control of fluid bed tea dryers: Controller design and tuning

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-170

  Temple, S J ^a   Van Boxtel, A J B ^b  

^a Tea Res Foundation Central Africa   (Malawi)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct feedback; Fluid bed tea dryer; Moisture content

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; CROPS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FLUIDIZED BEDS DRYERS;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

EID: 0034127070     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(00)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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3. Temple, S.J., van Boxtel, A.J.B., 1999a. Modelling of fluid bed drying of black tea. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 74(2) 203-212.
4. Temple, S.J., van Boxtel, A.J.B., 1999b. Fluidization of tea. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 74(1) 5-11.