Drying Technology · 1997 · 23 citations · 3 references
EngineeringChemical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringComputational Heat TransferHeat TransferTransport PhenomenaMoisture SorptionMoisture TransportPacked Bed FlowPacked Bed ReactorsBiomass DryingDryingMass Flow RateMathematical Modeling Of DryingMoisture ContentMoisture TransferMoisture Transfer ModelingMoisture-heat Transfer Coupling
ABSTRACT The drying of biomass fuel particles in fixed and moving beds with hot gas or steam is considered both experimentally and theoretically. A single particle drying model is coupled with a model describing beat and moisture transfer in The gas phase of the bed. The size of the bed to reach a certain degree of drying depends mostly on the following parameters: particle size, panicle moisture content, gas inlet temperature, gas inlet moisture content and gas mass flow rate.
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