Determination of convective heat transfer coefficient and specific energy consumption of potato using an ingenious self tracking solar dryer

Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-45

  Tripathy, P P ^a   Abhishek, S ^a   Bhadoria, P B S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer coefficient; Potato cylinders; Solar drying; Specific energy consumption; Specific heating rate

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; HEATING; HEATING RATE; SOLAR DRYERS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

COMBINED EFFECT; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; DRYING CHAMBERS; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; HEAT TRANSFER PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR DRYING; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

DRYING;

EID: 84897962987     PISSN: 21934126     EISSN: 21934134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11694-013-9163-2     Document Type: Article

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