Investigating the effects of operating conditions on the exergetic performance of a pilot-scale spray-drying system

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 302-321

  Erbay, Zafer ^a   Koca, Nurcan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Exergy Analysis; Performance Evaluation; Spray Drier; Sustainability Index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DRIERS (MATERIALS); EXERGY;

DRYING AIR TEMPERATURES; EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS; EXERGETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERGY ANALYSIS; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX;

DRYING;

EID: 84869130789     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2012.050227     Document Type: Article

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