Drying and heat transfer behavior of banana undergoing combined low-pressure superheated steam and far-infrared radiation drying

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 14-15, 2007, Pages 2483-2494

  Nimmol, Chatchai ^a   Devahastin, Sakamon ^a   Swasdisevi, Thanit ^a   Soponronnarit, Somchart ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Banana; Drying kinetics; Drying rates; Specific energy consumption; Vacuum drying

Indexed keywords

ENERGY UTILIZATION; INFRARED DRYING; INFRARED RADIATION; STEAM;

BANANA; DRYING KINETICS; DRYING RATES; ELECTRIC HEATER; SUPERHEATED STEAM; VACUUM DRYING;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 34248370575     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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