Thin layer modelling of Gelidium sesquipedale solar drying process

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 940-946

  Ait Mohamed, L ^a,b   Ethmane Kane, C S ^c   Kouhila, M ^a   Jamali, A ^a   Mahrouz, M ^b   Kechaou, N ^d  

^a Ecole Normale Superieure Marrakech   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Convective solar drying; Drying kinetics; Gelidium sesquipedale; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CORRELATION METHODS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR DRYERS;

DRYING KINETICS; DRYING RATE EQUATION;

FLOW RATE;

EID: 40849147208     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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