Modeling and Simulation of Heat and Mass Transfer During Convective Drying of Wastewater Sludge with Introduction of Shrinkage Phenomena

Drying Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-22

  Bennamoun, Lyes ^a   Fraikin, Laurent ^a   Léonard, Angélique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Convective drying; Drying kinetic; Micro dryer; Modeling and simulation; Radiative transfer; Shrinkage effect

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE DRYING; DRYING KINETIC; MICRO-DRYER; MODEL AND SIMULATION; SHRINKAGE EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PYROMETERS; PYROMETRY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SHRINKAGE;

DRYING;

EID: 84890071096     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2013.807281     Document Type: Article

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