Improvement of air distribution in a fixed-bed dryer using computational fluid dynamics

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-369

  Román, Franz ^a   Strahl Schäfer, Vitus ^a   Hensel, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; PERFORATED PLATES;

AIR DISTRIBUTION; AIR FLOW-RATE; BATCH DRYERS; DRYING RATES; FIXED BED DRYER; MODIFIED DESIGNS; PLENUM CHAMBER; WIDE ANGLE DIFFUSERS;

AIR;

EID: 84863482750     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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