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Performance study of a heat pump dryer system for specialty crops—Part 1: Development of a simulation model |
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| Authors: | Phani K Adapa Greg J Schoenau Shahab Sokhansanj |
| Abstract: | This research is concerned with the technology of heat pump assisted drying of specialty crops. A simplified procedure for modelling the performance of a low temperature heat pump dryer was developed. The system modelled consists of a vapour compression heat pump coupled to a continuous cross flow bed dryer. The model takes into account the detailed heat and mass transfer phenomena taking place in the heat pump and dryer circuits. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Keywords: | drying heat and mass transfer heat pump heat transfer coefficient specialty crops |