Wilton Pereira da Silva

Mathematical models to describe thin-layer drying and to determine drying rate of whole bananas

Wilton Pereira da Silva, Cleide M. D. P. S. e Silva, Fernando J.A. Gama et al. · Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences · 2013 · 155 citations · Full text

Convective Drying Process, Drying Kinetics, Engineering +13

Determination of effective diffusivity and convective mass transfer coefficient for cylindrical solids via analytical solution and inverse method: Application to the drying of rough rice

Wilton Pereira da Silva, Jürgen W. Precker, Cleide M. D. P. S. e Silva et al. · Journal of Food Engineering · 2010 · 94 citations

Engineering, Desiccation, Mechanical Engineering +8

Comparison between continuous and intermittent drying of whole bananas using empirical and diffusion models to describe the processes

Wilton Pereira da Silva, Andréa Fernandes Rodrigues, Cleide Maria D. P. S. e Silva et al. · Journal of Food Engineering · 2015 · 81 citations

Health Sciences, Agricultural Economics, Intermittent Drying +5

Diffusion Models to Describe the Drying Process of Peeled Bananas: Optimization and Simulation

Wilton Pereira da Silva, Cleide M. D. P. S. e Silva, Vera Solange de Oliveira Farias et al. · Drying Technology · 2011 · 69 citations

Drying Process, Engineering, Mechanical Engineering +21

Drying description of cylindrical pieces of bananas in different temperatures using diffusion models

Wilton Pereira da Silva, Cleide M. D. P. S. e Silva, Josivanda Palmeira Gomes · Journal of Food Engineering · 2013 · 57 citations

Different Temperatures, Engineering, Desiccation +10