Parallel plate heat exchanger for heat energy recovery in a farm grain dryer

Drying Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 547-556

  Jokiniemi, Tapani ^a   Hautala, Mikko ^a   Oksanen, Timo ^a   Ahokas, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Batch grain dryer; energy efficiency; grain drying; heat exchanger; heat recovery

Indexed keywords

AIR; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); DRYING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

AIR VELOCITIES; CALCULATION MODELS; DUST ACCUMULATION; GRAIN DRYERS; GRAIN DRYING; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; PARALLEL PLATES; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 84958972329     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2015.1061541     Document Type: Article

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