Wheat drying kinetics. Diffusivities for sphere and ellipsoid by finite elements

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-322

  Gastón, Analía L ^a   Abalone, Rita M ^b,c   Giner, Sergio A ^d,e,f  

^a Consejo De Investigaciones UNRosario ^*  (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio de Immunohematologia   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^f Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diffusivity estimation; Finite element analysis; Thin layer drying; Wheat

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DRYING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REACTION KINETICS;

THIN LAYER DRYING;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AIR DRYING; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036568437     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(01)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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