Influence of Internal and External Resistances to Mass Transfer on the constant drying rate period in high-moisture foods

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-94

  Giner, Sergio A ^a,b,c  

^a Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO EN CRIOTECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CIDCA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

CONSTANT DRYING RATE PERIOD; DRYING BEHAVIOURS; EXTERNAL CONTROL; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; FUNCTION OF TIME; INTERNAL GRADIENT; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MOISTURE GRADIENT;

DRYING;

EID: 57449105856     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.09.022     Document Type: Article

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