Heat and Mass Transfer in Drying of Porous Media

Download or read book Heat and Mass Transfer in Drying of Porous Media written by Peng Xu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heat and Mass Transfer in Drying of Porous Media offers a comprehensive review of heat and mass transfer phenomena and mechanisms in drying of porous materials. It covers pore-scale and macro-scale models, includes various drying technologies, and discusses the drying dynamics of fibrous porous material, colloidal porous media and size-distributed particle system. Providing guidelines for mathematical modeling and design as well as optimization of drying of porous material, this reference offers useful information for researchers and students as well as engineers in drying technology, food processes, applied energy, mechanical, and chemical engineering.