Modeling of diffusion in ellipsoidal solids: A simplified approach

Drying Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2219-2230

  Li, Zhanyong ^a   Ye, Jingsheng ^a   Kobayashi, Noriyuki ^b   Hasatani, Masanobu ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusivity; Drying; Geometry factor; Spherical model

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SHAPE FACTOR; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELS;

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS;

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; DRYING; MODELING;

DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 11144312519     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DRT-200039981     Document Type: Article

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