Simulation of drying behaviour of a small spherical foodstuff in a microwave assisted fluidized bed of inert particles

Food Research International

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-265

  Abbasi Souraki, B ^a   Mowla, D ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fluidized bed drying; Green peas; Inert material; Mathematical modeling; Microwave; Small sphere

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION; MASS TRANSFER; MICROWAVES; POROUS MATERIALS;

FLUIDIZED BED DRYING; INERT MATERIAL; MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION;

DRYING;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 40049085953     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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