Simultaneous moisture transport and shrinkage during drying of solids with ellipsoidal configuration

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 85-93

  de Lima, A G B ^a   Queiroz, M R ^b   Nebra, S A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Banana; Drying; Ellipsoidal geometry; Mass; Shrinkage; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DRYING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; SHRINKAGE; SOLIDS;

SUPERFICIAL AREA;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DRYING; FOOD PROCESSING; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; MOISTURE; SHRINKAGE;

EID: 0037185913     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(01)00276-5     Document Type: Article

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