Drying characteristics of walnut (Juglans regia L.) during convection drying

International Agrophysics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-135

  Hassan Beygi, S R ^a   Aghbashlo, M ^a   Kianmehr, M H ^a   Massah, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drying; Effective moisture diffusivity; Modelling; Page model; Walnut

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONVECTION; DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUT;

EID: 77955261873     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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