Development of model based sensors for the supervision of a solar dryer

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-175

  Correa Hernando, E ^a   Arranz, F J ^a   Diezma, B ^a   Julia E ^b   Robla, J I ^c   Ruiz Garcia, L ^a   Garcia Hierro J ^c   Barreiro, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Cuba)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automated control; Energy efficiency; Psychrometric model; Smart sensor; Ubiquitous monitoring; Wood

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED CONTROL; AVERAGE VALUES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION KINETICS; DRYING CHAMBERS; DRYING CONDITION; DRYING CYCLE; DRYING PROCESS; DRYING RATES; INHERENT VARIABILITY; LOW-COST SENSORS; MODEL-BASED OPC; PSYCHROMETRIC MODEL; SMART-1; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE OSCILLATIONS; UBIQUITOUS MONITORING; WOOD PLANKS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; SMART SENSORS; SOLAR DRYERS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WOOD;

DRYING;

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CORRELATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIFFUSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; REACTION KINETICS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WOOD;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRIERS; KILNS; OSCILLATION; SENSORS; SUN LIGHT; WOOD;

EID: 80052519520     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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