Modeling superheated steam vacuum drying of wood

Drying Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2231-2253

  Defo, Maurice ^a   Fortin, Yves ^a   Cloutier, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air velocity; Evaporative heat flux; Heat and mass transfer coefficients; Radiant heat; Vacuum drying

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STEAM; WOOD;

DRYING TESTS; VACUUM CONTACT DRYING;

DRYING;

DRYING; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

DRYING; EVAPORATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SIMULATION; STEAM; WOOD;

EID: 11144329027     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DRT-200039984     Document Type: Article

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