Effective Diffusivity and Evaporative Cooling in Convective Drying of Food Material

Drying Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 227-237

  Kumar, Chandan ^a   Millar, Graeme J ^a   Karim, M A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effective diffusivity; Evaporative cooling; Experimental investigation; Food drying; Mathematical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COOLING; DIFFUSION; DRYING; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SHRINKAGE;

COUPLED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; DIMENSIONAL TEMPERATURES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; ENGINEERING SIMULATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FOOD DRYING; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS;

SPOILAGE;

EID: 84918810356     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2014.947512     Document Type: Article

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