Modelling the drying of a parallelepipedic oil shale particle

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-238

  Porto, P S S ^a   Lisboa A C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drying; Mathematical modelling; Oil shale

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; OIL SHALE; OIL SHALE PROCESSING; WATER; WIRE;

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FICK'S LAW; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MOISTURE CONTENTS;

DRYING;

EID: 17044389467     PISSN: 01046632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-66322005000200010     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. nd ed. Claredon Press, Oxford (1975).
2. Duffy, B.L. and Haynes, B.S., Transport Mechanisms in Oil Shale Drying and Pyrolysis. Energy and Fuel, 6, pp. 831-835 (1992).
3. Lane, D., Ramjas, S. and Haynes, B.S., Drying Kinectics of Stuart Oil Shale, Fuel, 67, pp. 1321-1326 (1988).
4. Lovo Jr., P., Transferência de Calor e Perda de Massa no Processo de Pirólise de Xisto em Leito Móvel, M.Sc. Thesis, State University of Campinas, (in Portuguese) (2003).
5. Rajagopal, K., Mundstock, R. and Casavechia, L.C., Thermodynamic Analysis of a Shale Oil Production Plant for Energy Conservation, Energy Progress, 6, No. 1, pp. 33-36 (1986).
6. Tamimi, A. and Uysal, B.Z., Drying Characteristics of Oil Shale, Energy, 17, No. 3, pp. 303-308 (1992).