Drying of High-Moisture Paddy Using a Combined Impinging Stream and Pneumatic Drying System

Drying Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1854-1862

  Nimmol, Chatchai ^a   Sathapornprasath, Kitti ^b   Devahastin, Sakamon ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NORTH BANGKOK   (Thailand)

^b SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Flash dryer; Head rice yield; Residence time; Specific energy consumption; Volumetric heat transfer coefficient; Volumetric water evaporation rate; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

HEAD RICE YIELD; RESIDENCE TIME; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; VOLUMETRIC HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; WATER EVAPORATION; WHITENESS;

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVAPORATION; FLOW RATE; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MOISTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PNEUMATICS; THERMAL LOAD;

DRYING;

EID: 84869802663     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2012.713070     Document Type: Article

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