A diffusion model with a moisture dependent diffusion coefficient for parboiled rice

Drying Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 155-166

  Elbert, Germán ^a   Tolaba, Marcela P ^a   Aguerre, Roberto J ^b   Suárez, Constantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Biot number; Drying; Heat of desorption; Modeling; Thin layer drying; Variable diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CROPS; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

SOLID SPHERES;

DRYING;

DIFFUSION; FOOD INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MOISTURE;

EID: 0035060529     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DRT-100001358     Document Type: Article

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