Experiment and modelling of parameters influencing natural wind drying of willow chunks

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 507-514

  Gigler, Jörg K ^a,b   Van Loon, Wilko K P ^a   Sonneveld, Cor ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Agy Ener the Environ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experiments; Forced convective drying; Model simulations; Natural wind drying; Salix

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DRYING; HEATING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; WIND;

AIRFLOW RESISTANCE; NATURAL WIND DRYING;

BIOMASS;

CONVECTION; WIND;

SALIX;

EID: 1542434000     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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