Modeling the heat and mass transfer in microwave drying of White Oak

Drying Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1103-1111

  Jia, Donghua ^a   Afzal, Muhammad T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Microwave drying; Modeling; White oak

Indexed keywords

CURING; DEWATERING; DRYING; GRADIENT METHODS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MASS TRANSFER; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

BOUND WATERS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MODEL; INPUT POWERS; INTERNAL PRESSURE; MICROWAVE DRYING; MODEL RESULTS; MODELING; MOISTURE MOVEMENT; SAMPLE LENGTH; SAMPLE THICKNESS; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; WHITE OAK;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

EID: 49549086915     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930802266058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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