Drying
9/4/2008
Drying is a mass transfer process resulting in the removal of water
moisture or moisture from another solvent, by evaporation from a solid,
semi-solid or liquid (hereafter product) to end in a solid state. To achieve
this, there must be a source of heat, and a sink of the vapor thus produced.
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying (12/11/2008)
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Notes
In the most common case, a gas stream, e.g., air, applies the heat by
convection and carries away the vapor as humidity. Other possibilities are
vacuum drying, where heat is supplied by contact conduction or radiation (or
microwaves) while the produced vapor is removed by the vacuum system. Another
indirect technique is drum drying, where a heated surface is used to provide the
energy and aspirators draw the vapor outside the room.
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying (12/11/2008)
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Review Articles
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US Patents
12/16/2008
7,464,485
Apparatus and method for dehumidifying and drying resin pellets
10/21/2008
7,437,832
Reduced pressure drying apparatus
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Journal Articles
1/23/2009
Simultaneous Gelatinization and Drying of Maize Starch in a Single-Screw
Extruder
(113 122)
Drying Technology 27 #1 (2009)
11/21/2008
Plasticity and drying behavior of terra cotta bodies in the presence of
cellulose
( 675-678)
Applied Clay Science 42 #3-4 (2009)
Devolatilization of wood particles in a hot fluidized bed: Product yields and
conversion rates
(1123-1129)
Biomass and Bioenergy 32 #12 (2008)
Mean Residence Time and Residence Time Distribution When Sawdust Is Dried in
Continuous Dryers
(1457 1463) Drying
Technology 26 #12 (2008)
Determination of Drying Kinetics for Biomass by Thermogravimetric Analysis
under Nonisothermal Condition
(1464 1468) Drying
Technology 26 #12 (2008)
The System of Correlations Between Moisture, Shrinkage, Density, and Porosity
(1497 1500) Drying
Technology 26 #12 (2008)
11/7/2008
Fluidized Bed Dryers Recent Advances
(403-418)
Advanced Powder Technology 19 #5 (2008)
9/12/2008
Experimental characterization of buoyancy- and surface tension-driven
convection during the drying of a polymer solution
(4228-4237)
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 51 #17-18 (2008)
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Books
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