Evaluation of energy efficiency in biofuel drying by means of energy and exergy analyses

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 17-18, 2005, Pages 3115-3128

  Holmberg, Henrik ^a   Ahtila, Pekka ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Heat consumption; Irreversibility rate; Multi stage drying; Recycling; Single stage drying

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; DRYING; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; RECYCLING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEAT CONSUMPTION; IRREVERSIBILITY RATE; MULTI-STAGE-DRYING; SINGLE-STAGE-DRYING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 23844508160     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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