On the study of the drying behavior of a heat-sensitive biomaterial undergoing stepwise-varying temperature schemes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 4939-4952

  Chou, S K ^a   Chua, K J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HEAT SENSITIVITY;

BIOMATERIALS;

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL;

AIRFLOW; DRYING; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; COLOR; HUMIDITY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; MOISTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141566558     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0301536     Document Type: Article

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