Determination of mass diffusivity coefficient of sweet potato

Drying Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2273-2290

  Abalone, R ^a   Gaston A ^b   Lara, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Heat and mass transfer; Moisture diffusivity; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANISOTROPIC BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; MASS DIFFUSIVITY COEFFICIENT; SWEET POTATO;

DRYING;

DRYING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE;

EID: 0034327562     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930008917842     Document Type: Article

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