Simultaneous heat and moisture diffusion during microwave heating of moist wood

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-187

  Brodie, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lumber; Microwave; Microwave radiation; Modeling; Wood

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

ISOTHERMAL DIFFUSION; MOISTURE DIFFUSION;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; WOOD;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 34248370246     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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