Open AccessA Mathematical Model of theDrying Process
Author(s) -
A. K. Haghi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
acta polytechnica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1805-2363
pISSN - 1210-2709
DOI - 10.14311/226
Subject(s) - mass transfer , water content , humidity , transient (computer programming) , convection , moisture , process (computing) , mechanics , materials science , thermodynamics , heat transfer , finite difference method , environmental science , engineering , composite material , geotechnical engineering , computer science , physics , operating system
A convective drying model is proposed which may be used to describe the drying behavior of leather. Using this model, the calculated transient leather temperature agrees well with experimental values. Variations in temperature and moisture content distribution are solved using the finite-difference method. The effects of operation parameters, such as temperature and humidity in the dryer, initial moisture content of the leather, and heat and mass transfer coefficients are examined using the model.