Mathematical description of heat and mass transfer during deep bed drying: Effect of product shrinkage on bed porosity

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 2236-2244

  Bennamoun, Lyes ^a   Belhamri, Azeddine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OUM EL BOUAGHI   (Algeria)

^b Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Bed porosity; Deep bed drying; External conditions; Fig fruit; Forced convection; Local thermal equilibrium

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DRYING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOT AIR HEATING; KETONES; MASS TRANSFER; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; SHRINKAGE;

AIR VELOCITIES; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BED POROSITY; DEEP BED DRYING; DRYING AIR; DRYING KINETIC; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTERNAL CONDITIONS; FIG FRUIT; FORCED CONVECTION; GLOBAL BEHAVIOUR; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEATED AIR; LOCAL THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; MACROSCOPIC SCALES; MASS BALANCING; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; MODEL BASED; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PICK-UP; POROUS MEDIUMS; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS;

CURING;

EID: 50849116425     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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