One-dimensional simulation of co-current, dairy spray drying systems - Pros and cons

Dairy Science and Technology

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 181-210

  Patel, Kamlesh ^a   Chen, Xiao Dong ^a   Jeantet, Romain ^b   Schuck, Pierre ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UMR1253   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy product; Droplet drying; Drying kinetics; Modeling; One dimensional simulation; Spray drying

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952726332     PISSN: 19585586     EISSN: 19585594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/dst/2009059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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