Experimental Investigation of Drying in a Model Porous Medium: Influence of Thermal Gradients

Drying Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 920-929

  Vorhauer, N ^a   Tran, Q T ^a   Metzger, T ^a   Tsotsas, E ^a   Prat, M ^b,c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Etched pore networks; Stabilized drying front; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

ETCHED PORES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; ISOTHERMAL EXPERIMENTS; NONISOTHERMAL; POROUS MEDIUM; STABILIZED DRYING FRONT; TWO-PHASE ZONES; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE;

BOROSILICATE GLASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; ISOTHERMS; LIQUID FILMS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

DRYING;

EID: 84879048600     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2012.724750     Document Type: Article

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