Inverse Estimation of Effective Moisture Diffusivity in Lumber during Drying Using Genetic Algorithms [PDF]
BioResources, 2016 This article presents a methodology based on genetic algorithms (GA) optimization with a three-dimensional numerical solution to the diffusion model obtained by using the finite volume method (FVM) for determining the effective moisture diffusivity in ...
Shaojiang Zheng +3 more
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Characteristics and Prediction of the Thermal Diffusivity of Sandy Soil
Energies, 2022 Revealing the variation law of thermal diffusivity of sandy soil can provide a theoretical basis for the engineering design and construction in cold and arid regions.
Baoming Dai +4 more
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Research in Agricultural Engineering, 2016 The effect of infrared radiation and microwave radiation on the moisture and thermal diffusivity characteristics of lentil seeds during infrared and microwave drying was investigated.
R.A. Chayjan, S.A. Radmard
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Determination of Effective Moisture Diffusivity of Banana Using Thermogravimetric Analysis [PDF]
, 2014 Drying has been extensively used as a food preservation procedure. The longer life attained by drying is however accompanied by huge energy consumption and deterioration of quality. Moisture diffusivity is an important factor that is considered essential
Brown, Richard J. +8 more
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Comparison of different methods for determining the moisture diffusivity of porous building materials [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 This paper compares the X-ray method, the ruler method and the multi-step method to non-destructively determine the moisture diffusivity of calcium silicate and ceramic brick.
Ren Peng, Feng Chi, Janssen Hans
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A new exponential model for predicting soil gas diffusivity with varying degree of saturation
Vadose Zone Journal, 2023 Soil gas diffusivity (Dp/Do, gas diffusion coefficients in soil and in free air, respectively) and its relation to soil moisture is of great importance for describing and quantifying essential provisional and regulatory functions associated with ...
M. M. T. Lakshani +12 more
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Moisture dependent thermal properties of selected vegetables in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Research in Agricultural Engineering, 2019 The thermal properties of some selected vegetables in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria were investigated. The specific heat, thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity for the five selected vegetables (Afang, Nkong, Atama, Editan and Nton) were determined and ...
Olugbenga Abiola Fakayode +1 more
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Thermal Properties of some Legume Seeds [PDF]
Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2018 Specific heat, thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of three various varieties of faba bean (Giza 716, Giza 843 and Giza 3 mohsen) and three different varieties of lentil (Sina 1, Giza 9 and Giza 370) were determined as a function of moisture ...
Summer Shamala +3 more
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Moisture Photo-Thermoelasticity Diffusivity in Semiconductor Materials: A Novel Stochastic Model
Crystals, 2022 A unique methodology due to the effect of stochastic heating is utilized to study the Moisture Diffusivity influence of an elastic semiconductor medium under the effect of photo-thermoelasticity theory.
Abdulaziz Alenazi +4 more
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EFFECTIVE THERMAL PROPERTIES OF PEANUT AS A FUNCTION OF MOISTURE CONTENT [PDF]
Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering, 2007 The study was carried out to determine thermal properties of peanut as a function of moisture content. The studied properties included specific heat, thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity of pods, seeds and shells.
S. M. Radwan
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