Separation of ultrasonic contributions and energy utilization characteristics of ultrasonic regeneration

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1843-1853

  Yang, Kun ^a   Yao, Ye ^a,b   Liu, Shiqing ^c   He, Beixing ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Southeast University   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ACOUSTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Drying; Energy; Mass transfer; Mathematical modeling; Porous media

Indexed keywords

DRYING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICA GEL; ULTRASONICS;

CONTRIBUTION RATIOS; ENERGY; ENERGY UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY; REGENERATION EFFICIENCY; REGENERATION PROCESS; REGENERATION RATE; REGENERATION TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION EFFECT;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84897961977     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14360     Document Type: Article

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