Numerical simulation of conjugate heat and mass transfer process within cylindrical porous media with cylindrical dielectric cores in microwave freeze-drying

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 561-572

  Tao, Zhi ^a   Wu, Hongwei ^a,b   Chen, Guohua ^b   Deng, Hongwu ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cylindrical dielectric core; Freeze drying; Heat and mass transfer; Loss factor; Porous media

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

DIELECTRIC CORES; FREEZE DRYING PROCESS;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FREEZE DRYING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MICROWAVE DRYING; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 10444238049     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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