Thermal analysis of natural convective air drying of shrinking bodies

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-217

  Rahman, Najmur ^a   Kumar, Subodh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

External mass transfer coefficient; Mathematical modelling; Moisture diffusivity; Natural convection; Potato drying; Shrinkage effect

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION; SHRINKAGE; THERMOANALYSIS;

EXTERNAL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; KELVIN'S LAW; POTATO DRYING;

DRYING;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DRYING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION; SHRINKAGE; THERMOANALYSIS;

EID: 34247484847     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1236     Document Type: Article

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