Fabric-drying process in domestic dryers

Applied Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 143-158

  Yadav, V ^a   Moon, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone dry mass; Drying process; Efficiency standards; Specific moisture extraction; Tumble dryer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DRYING PROCESS; EFFICIENCY STANDARDS; SPECIFIC MOISTURE-EXTRACTION; TUMBLE DRYER;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); ENERGY UTILIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 35548992457     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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