Investigation on the kinetic models for the regeneration of silica gel by hot air combined with power ultrasonic

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3319-3326

  Yao, Ye ^a,b   Zhang, Weijiang ^a   He, Beixing ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Drying; Modeling; Silica gel; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

CURVE-FITTING TOOL; DRYING AIR; DRYING KINETIC; DRYING MODEL; DRYING PROCESS; DRYING RATES; DRYING TEMPERATURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAUSSIAN MODEL; GAUSSIANS; HOT AIR; KINETIC MODELS; LOGARITHMIC MODELS; MOISTURE RATIOS; POWER LEVELS; POWER ULTRASONIC; REGULAR RELATIONS; ULTRASONIC TECHNOLOGY; WEIBULL; WEIBULL MODELS; WORKING CYCLE;

CURVE FITTING; DRIERS (MATERIALS); DRYING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GELS; HOT WORKING; HUMIDITY CONTROL; KINETICS; RATE CONSTANTS; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79960874342     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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