Modeling of convective drying kinetics of pistachio kernels in a fixed bed drying system

Thermal Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 839-846

  Balbay, Asim ^a   Sahin, Omer ^a   Ulker, Hakan ^b  

^a SIIRT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Drying; Mathematical modeling; Unshelled pistachio

Indexed keywords

AIR; DRYING; FUNCTIONS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIR VELOCITIES; CONVECTIVE DRYING; DRYING AIR; DRYING CONDITION; DRYING KINETIC; DRYING SYSTEMS; FIXED BED; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; UNSHELLED PISTACHIO;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

EID: 84886800815     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI110307040B     Document Type: Article

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