Spray drying modelling based on advanced droplet drying kinetics

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1205-1213

  Mezhericher, M ^a,b   Levy, A ^a   Borde, I ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Drying kinetics; Spray drying; Transport phenomena

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149360605     PISSN: 02552701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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