Heat and mass transfer modeling of recirculating flows during air drying of moist objects for various dryer configurations

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-34

  Kaya, Ahmet ^a   Aydin, Orhan ^a,b   Dincer, Ibrahim ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS;

AIR DRYING; GEOMETRICAL ORIENTATIONS; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; RECIRCULATING FLOWS;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 35648996537     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780701557899     Document Type: Article

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