Silk cocoon drying in forced convection type solar dryer

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1720-1726

  Singh, Panna Lal ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Drying model; Forced convection solar dryer; Silk cocoon; Silk thread strength

Indexed keywords

DRIERS (MATERIALS); DRYING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORCED CONVECTION; OVENS; SILK; SOLAR DRYERS; SOLAR ENERGY; STOVES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; DRYING AIR; DRYING BEHAVIOURS; DRYING CHAMBERS; DRYING MODEL; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICAL OVENS; ESCALATION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HOT AIR; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOLAR AIR HEATER; THIN LAYER DRYING; THIN LAYERS; UV RADIATION;

CURING;

COCOON; CONVECTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; MOISTURE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 79551512853     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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