Determination of drying characteristics of apples in a heat pump and solar dryer

Desalination

Volumn 239, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 266-275

  Aktaş, Mustafa ^a   Ceylan, Ilhan ^b   Yilmaz, Sezayi ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARABUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apple; Drying; Effective moisture diffusivity; Heat pump dryer; Solar dryer

Indexed keywords

AIR; DRYING; FRUITS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PUMPS; SOLAR DRYERS;

APPLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRYING CHARACTERISTICS; EFFECTIVE MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; EMPIRICAL VALUES; HEAT PUMP DRYER; MOISTURE RATIOS; STANDARD ERRORS;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSIVITY; DRY MATTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEATING; MOISTURE TRANSFER; SOLAR ACTIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND VELOCITY;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 59649083969     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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