Moisture content and residence time distributions in mixed-flow grain dryers

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-307

  Mellmann, J ^a   Iroba, K L ^a   Metzger, T ^b   Tsotsas, E ^b   Meszaros C ^c   Farkas, I ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; DUCTS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

DESIGN ELEMENTS; DISCRETE ELEMENT SIMULATION; DRYING CONDITION; GRAIN TEMPERATURE; IMPROVED DESIGNS; INDIVIDUAL GRAINS; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; OPERATING PARAMETERS;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79960256286     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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