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Evaporation rates in spray drying
Author(s) -
Bose A. K.,
Pei D. C. T.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.5450420605
Subject(s) - evaporation , mass transfer , air stream , spray drying , materials science , current (fluid) , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , chemistry , environmental science , chromatography , thermodynamics , environmental engineering , physics , engineering
Abstract The rate of evaporation of pure water droplets in a co‐current spray dryer was investigated. It was found that the relative motion between the droplet and the air stream is of significant importance in the determination of the rate of heat and mass transfer.