Superheated steam drying of sawdust in continuous feed spouted beds - A design perspective

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 228-234

  Berghel, Jonas ^a   Renström, Roger ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drying; Sawdust; Sawmills; Spouted bed; Superheated steam

Indexed keywords

DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; SAWDUST; SAWING; SAWMILLS; STEAM; WOOD PRODUCTS;

HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS; RUNNING CONDITIONS; SPOUTED BED; SPOUTED BED DRYING; SUPERHEATED STEAM; SUPERHEATED STEAM DRYER; SUPERHEATED STEAM DRYING; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

DRYING;

DESIGN; DUST; MOISTURE CONTENT; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STANDARDIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84911870569     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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