Comparison of two drying models applied to corn drying in fluidized bed;Comparaison d'un modèle empirique et d'un modèle physique de séchage de grains de maïs en lit fluidisé

Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-398

  Janas, Sébastien ^a   Malumba, Paul ^b   Deroanne, Claude ^a   Béra, Franc̈ois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Corn; Drying; Finite element method; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Modelization

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78049316363     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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