Drying behavior of lignite under microwave heating

Drying Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 433-443

  Song, Zhanlong ^a   Yao, Liansheng ^a   Jing, Chuanming ^a   Zhao, Xiqiang ^a   Wang, Wenlong ^a   Ma, Chunyuan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; lignite; microwave drying; moisture content

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGNITE; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PREHEATING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CRITICAL MOISTURE CONTENT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FALLING RATE DRYING; HIGH MOISTURE CONTENTS; LIGNITE PARTICLES; MICROWAVE DRYING; MICROWAVE TREATMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

DRYING;

DRYING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LIGNITE; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE CONTENT;

EID: 85011296339     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2016.1182547     Document Type: Article

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