Diffusion Models to Describe the Drying Process of Peeled Bananas: Optimization and Simulation

Drying Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-174

  da Silva, Wilton Pereira ^a   e Silva, Cleide M D P S ^a   Farias, Vera S O ^a   Gomes, Josivanda P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Convective boundary condition; Diffusion model; Finite volume method; Numerical solution; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL PACKAGE; CONVECTIVE MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; CYLINDRICAL SHAPES; DIFFUSION MODEL; DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; DRYING PROCESS; EFFECTIVE MASS; FINITE VOLUME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPLICIT FORMULATION; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL INDICATORS; THERMO-PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; THIN LAYER DRYING; THREE MODELS; TRANSIENT DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DRYING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FRUITS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84859296785     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2011.628554     Document Type: Article

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