On the use of contact factor parameter to optimize drying operations

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1451-1464

  Chou, S K ^a   Chua, K J ^a   Lee, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Drying; Energy consumption; Optimization methodology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

CONTACT FACTORS (CF);

DRYING;

EID: 0037409080     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(02)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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