Shape Characterization for a Simple Diffusion Analysis of Air Drying of Grains |
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| Authors: | C SUAREZ J CHIRIFE P VIOLLAZ |
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| Affiliation: | Authors Suárez, Chirife, and Viollaz are with the Departamento de Industrias, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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