Experimental analysis of the drying kinetics of cork

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 618-625

  Belghit, A ^a   Bennis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cork; Drying; Drying kinetics; Isotherms of sorption

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEWATERING; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; ISOTHERMS; SORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERES; CHARACTERISTIC DRYING CURVES; COMMERCIAL DRYERS; CORK; DRYING CURVES; DRYING KINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HYGROSCOPIC EQUILIBRIUMS; ISOTHERMS OF SORPTION; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CURING;

EID: 58949094503     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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