Drying characteristics and moisture diffusivity of distillers’ spent grains dried in superheated steam

Drying Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 15-16, 2015, Pages 2012-2018

  Bourassa, Justin ^a   Ramachandran, Rani Puthukulangara ^a   Paliwal, Jitendra ^a   Cenkowski, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distillers spent grain; Finite cylinder; Moisture diffusivity; Superheated steam

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIFFUSION; DRYING; FICK'S LAWS; PELLETIZING;

DRYING CHARACTERISTICS; FICK'S LAW OF DIFFUSION; FINITE CYLINDERS; INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT; MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; SPENT GRAINS; SUPERHEATED STEAM;

MOISTURE;

EID: 84957436499     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2015.1040883     Document Type: Article

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