Mathematical modeling of drying characteristics of tropical fruits

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1931-1936

  Ceylan, Ilhan ^a   Aktaş, Mustafa ^a   Doǧan, Hikmet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drying; Heat pump dryer; PID control; Tropical fruit

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

HEAT PUMP DRYERS; TROPICAL FRUITS;

FRUITS;

AIR CONDITIONING; DRYING; FRUITS;

EID: 34247137297     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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