Low-Pressure Superheated Steam Drying—Vacuum Drying of a Porous Media and the Inversion Temperature

Drying Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-119

  Messai, Souad ^a,c   Sghaier, Jalila ^b   Chrusciel, Laurent ^a   El Ganaoui, Mohamed ^a   Gabsi, Slimane ^c  

^a Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Energétique et des Transferts Thermiques et Massiques   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Porous media; Vacuum drying

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; FALLING-RATE PERIOD; INTERNAL PARAMETERS; INVERSION TEMPERATURE; LOW-PRESSURE SUPERHEATED STEAM DRYING; OPERATING CONDITION; TEMPERATURE VALUES; VACUUM DRYING;

DRYING;

EID: 84914684391     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2014.933844     Document Type: Article

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