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Rotary Dryers

, 2019
Drying is considered one of the oldest unit operations in the Chemical Engineering field. Widely used in a variety of processes, including chemical, food, mining, paper and pulp industries, textile industries, among others.
Rodrigues, Lorrayne Martins
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Mathematical modelling of golden apple drying and performance evaluation of solar drying systems using energy and exergy approach

Scientific Reports
The study presents the energy and exergy analysis of two differently shaped dryers connected to the two same type of drying system and drying kinetics of the apple slice dried in the stated drying chambers.
Halefom Kidane, Istvan Farkas, Janos Buzás   +2 more
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A Review on Solar Drying Devices: Heat Transfer, Air Movement and Type of Chambers

Solar
Food waste is one of the biggest challenges we are facing nowadays. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food produced in the world is lost at some stage between production and ...
Lisete Fernandes, Pedro B. Tavares
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Energy and cost evaluation of four conventional pistacho dryers

Drying, as a process, demands significant input energy because of the high latent heat needed for water evaporation and the relatively low efficiency of available industrial hot air dryers.
Golpour, Iman, Dowlati, Majid, Abolhadi, Masoud, Marcos, José Daniel, Blanco-Marigorta, Ana M.   +4 more
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Electric Hand Dryers as a Source of Bacterial Contamination

, 2006
The most effective way to prevent disease is through hand washing, which includes the following four steps: using warm water, using soap and friction, rinsing and finally drying.
McLennan, Kimberly, BCIT School of Health Science, Environmental Health   +1 more
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Acoustical analysis and optimization design of the hair dryers

Noise Mapping
The sound qualities and wind speeds of the four commercial hair dryers (Panasonic, Confu, Flyco, and Philips) were investigated through experimental methods in the present study.
Che Luming, Lee Hsiao Mun, Lee Heow Pueh
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Review of solar dryers for agricultural and marine products

Drying for agricultural and marine products are one of the most attractive and cost-effective application of solar energy. Numerous types of solar dryers have been designed and developed in various parts of the world, yielding varying degrees of ...
Fudholi, A., Ruslan, M.H., Sulaiman, M.Y., Alghoul, M.A., Sopian, K.   +4 more
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Energy Consumption Requirements of Agricultural Dryers: An Overview

, 2016
Artificial dryers promote high-quality dried food products in spite of their considerable energy consumption. This paper presents a review of energy consumption of agricultural dryers in order to ensure optimal dryer design and cost effective dryer ...
ASOEGWU, SABBAS N., NWAIGWE, KEVIN N., Nwakuba, Nnaemeka Reginald   +2 more
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Hay dryers. Part 2

, 1953
A presentation of the Cooperative Extension Service and Michigan State College, this series aims to inform the general Michigan public on all matters related to farm and home.
WKAR-TV (Television station : East Lansing, Mich. : 1954-1958), Michigan State College, Michigan State College. Cooperative Extension Service   +2 more
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Experimental evaluation of electric infrared dryers

, 2000
Infrared (IR) dryers are widely used in the paper industry for drying coated paper grades. However, there is limited knowledge regarding the efficiency of IR dryers.
Petterson, Magnus, Stenström, Stig
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