Correlation of the area-mass transfer coefficient inside the drum of a clothes dryer

Drying Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 919-944

  Bassily, A M ^a   Colver, G M ^b  

^a Gharian University   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Clothes drying; Correlation; Dryer efficiency; Drying process; Mass transfer efficiency; Mass transfer process

Indexed keywords

FABRICS; MASS TRANSFER; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

GUKHMAN NUMBER;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

DRYER; DRYING; EFFICIENCY; MASS TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 0041321385     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DRT-120021692     Document Type: Article

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