Improving exergetic performance parameters of a rotating-tray air dryer via a simple heat exchanger

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-23

  Ghasemkhani, Hamid ^a   Keyhani, Alireza ^a   Aghbashlo, Mortaza ^a   Rafiee, Shahin ^a   Mujumdar, Arun S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air to air heat exchanger; Drying; Exergy efficiency; Quality; Rotating tray air dryer

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); EXERGY; FRUITS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; IMAGE QUALITY; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

AIR DRYERS; AIR-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER; DRYING AIR TEMPERATURES; DRYING TEMPERATURE; EXERGETIC EFFICIENCY; EXERGETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; WASTE ENERGY RECOVERIES;

DRYING;

EID: 84946882086     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.10.114     Document Type: Article

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