Multiscale modeling of drying as a powerful extension of the macroscopic approach: Application to solid wood and biomass processing

Drying Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 944-959

  Perré, Patrick ^a,b  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass; Computational model; Concurrent coupling; Drying; Dual scale; Porous media; Wood

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONCURRENT COUPLING; CONVECTIVE DRYING; COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; DUAL SCALE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIUM; MACROSCOPIC APPROACH; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTISCALES; POROUS MEDIA; SOLID WOODS; SPATIAL SCALE;

BIOMASS; CURING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MATERIALS;

DRYING;

EID: 77955323566     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2010.497079     Document Type: Article

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