Modelling and simulation of pear drying

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-77

  Guine R P F ^a   Rodrigues, A E ^b   Figueiredo, M M ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Drying; Fick's law; Modelling; Pear; Shrinkage; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DRYING; SPECIFICATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DRYING AIR VELOCITY; OPERATING CONDITIONS; PEAR DRYING;

FRUITS;

EID: 34548439062     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2007.02.121     Document Type: Article

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