Thermal behaviour of forest biomass drying'in a mechanically agitated fluidized bed

Latin American Applied Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Moreno, R M ^a   Antolin G ^b   Reyes, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Fluidized bed; Forestry biomass; Particles drying; Taguchi's method

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248335073     PISSN: 03270793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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