A Moisture Transfer Model for Isothermal Drying of Plant Cellular Materials Based on the Pore Network Approach

Drying Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1071-1081

  Xiao, Bo ^a   Chang, Jian ^a   Huang, Xiaoli ^a   Liu, Xiangdong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intracellular moisture; Isothermal drying simulation; Moisture transmembrane transfer; Plant materials; Pore network

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; DRYING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ISOTHERMS; MOISTURE CONTROL; POROUS MATERIALS; TISSUE;

EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; ISOTHERMAL DRYING; MOISTURE TRANSFER MODELS; PLANT MATERIAL; PORE NETWORKS; PORE-NETWORK MODELING; TRANSMEMBRANE TRANSFER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84901446745     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2014.883629     Document Type: Article

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