Characteristics of thin-layer drying of the cyanobacterium Aphanothece microscopica Nägeli

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Jacob Lopes, Eduardo ^a   Zepka, Leila Queiroz ^a   Pinto, Luiz Antônio A ^a   Queiroz, Maria Isabel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aphanothece; Chlorophyll a; Colour; Cyanobacteria; Drying

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); THERMAL EFFECTS;

APHANOTHECE; CYANOBACTERIA; FICK'S EQUATION;

DRYING;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 33750615857     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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