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MODELING AND SIMULATING A DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER TUNNEL‐DRIER
Author(s) -
BERTIN R.,
PIERRONNE F.,
COMBARNOUS M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1980.tb03885.x
Subject(s) - flow (mathematics) , mechanics , simulation , computer science , control theory (sociology) , control (management) , physics , artificial intelligence
In this paper a distributed parameter model is proposed for the discontinuous drying operation of a tunnel‐drier. This model is more complete than the previous ones in which continuous loading is currently assumed. The model is used for spherical fruits placed in a California tunnel of the parallel flow type. Numerical results are in good agreement with experimental information. The model can be used for optimum designing and automatic control.