Quantitative understanding of Refractance Window™ drying

Food and Bioproducts Processing

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 237-253

  Ortiz Jerez, Monica Jimena ^a   Gulati, Tushar ^b   Datta, Ashim K ^b   Ochoa Martínez, Claudia Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematical modeling; Multiphase transport; Mylar ; Porous media; Pumpkin; Refractance Window drying

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTIC SHEETS; POROUS MATERIALS; WATER;

DRYING PROCESS; DRYING TECHNIQUE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT; PUMPKIN; REFRACTANCE WINDOWS; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; WATER BATH TEMPERATURES;

DRYING;

EID: 84934268660     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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