2. Models and drying steps
"Usually", whatever the type of drying and the nature of the products, the authors agree in comparing the experimental results obtained in the evolution of moisture content as a function of time, to an "ideal" situation with several drying periods.
In the case of hygroscopic porous media, we can often speak of three drying phases:
step 1: drying control through the surface water removal process ;
step 2: control of drying by water diffusion within the hygroscopic porous medium;
stage 3: considered "paradoxical", involves "progressive front" kinetics.
2.1 Control drying by removing surface water
The surface...
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Models and drying steps
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ALLAF (K.), LOUKA (N.), BOUVIER (J.M.), PARENT (F.) and FORGET (M.). – Method for processing phytogenic materials to change their texture, installation for the achievement of such a process, and resulting materials. French Patent, published under the n F 2708419 on 2 October 1995.
Europe, USA, Brazil, and Japan, Patent published on 16 February 1995, n WO95/04466.
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