Shape Characterization for a Simple Diffusion Analysis of Air Drying of Grains

This work proposes a simple method to characterize which of the elemental geometries (slab, cylinder or sphere) would be a better approximation for the diffusion analysis of air drying of grains having “nonconventional shapes.” The method is tested with experimental drying data obtained for soybeans...

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Autores principales: SUAREZ, C., CHIRIFE, J., VIOLLAZ, P.
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00221147_v47_n1_p97_SUAREZ
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Sumario:This work proposes a simple method to characterize which of the elemental geometries (slab, cylinder or sphere) would be a better approximation for the diffusion analysis of air drying of grains having “nonconventional shapes.” The method is tested with experimental drying data obtained for soybeans, rough rice, wheat and peanuts. Copyright © 1982, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved