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Shape Characterization for a Simple Diffusion Analysis of Air Drying of Grains
Author(s) -
SUAREZ C.,
CHIRIFE J.,
VIOLLAZ P.
Publication year - 1982
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.1365-2621.1982.tb11036.x
Subject(s) - cylinder , characterization (materials science) , diffusion , slab , simple (philosophy) , work (physics) , biological system , materials science , mechanics , mathematics , geometry , thermodynamics , physics , nanotechnology , structural engineering , engineering , biology , philosophy , epistemology
This work proposes a simple method to characterize which of the elemental geometries (slab, cylinder or sphere) would be a better approximation for the diffusion analysis of air drying of grains having “nonconventional shapes.” The method is tested with experimental drying data obtained for soybeans, rough rice, wheat and peanuts.