Design, construction and evaluation of a new laboratory convective dryer using CFD

International Journal of Mechanics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 425-434

  Tzempelikos, D A ^a   Vouros, A P ^b   Bardakas, A V ^b   Filios, A E ^b   Margaris, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b SCHOOL OF PEDAGOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD; Convective dryer; Design; Drying kinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886381592     PISSN: 19984448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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