Applying CFD for designing a new fruit cabinet dryer

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-15

  Amanlou, Y ^a   Zomorodian, A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cabinet drying; Green fig; Numerical and experimental investigation

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR VELOCITIES; CABINET DRYERS; CFD ANALYSIS; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DRYING AIR; DRYING CHAMBERS; END-PRODUCTS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLUENT SOFTWARE; FRUIT DRYING; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GREEN FIG; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NONUNIFORMITY; OPERATING CONDITION; PLENUM CHAMBER; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURING; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT);

DRYING;

EID: 77955514119     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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