The finite element method was employed to model the simultaneous heat and mass transfer in cylindrical samples of banana during convective drying. The Arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) approach was implemented to incorporate the axial and radial...

The aim of the present work is the formulation of a theoretical model describing the simultaneous heat and mass transfer during convective drying. The system of unsteady state partial differential equations modeling the behavior of a cylindrical...

A three-dimensional analytical solution of transport problem of convection-drying is accomplished using Green's function method (GFM). Mass conservation, momentum and energy equations must be solved to obtain convective heat and mass transfer...

A one-dimensional unsteady state mathematical model of coupled heat and mass transfer equations is accomplished to simulate the convective drying of cylindrical quince slices with axis parallel to the hot air flow. The semi-analytical proposed...

The present investigation is contemplated to fill a gap in analytical modelling of coupled heat and mass

transfer during convective drying process. A transport model to describe the temperature and moisture

evolutions of mango slab...

In this work, response surface methodology (RSM) is applied to state an optimized system for convective drying
of apple slices using desirability function. The interaction of the independent parameters including air temperature
(T=70–90 °C...

is determined during convective drying. The convective mass transfer coefficient

is obtained through the analogy between the thermal and concentration boundary layers. After

calculating average heat and mass transfer coefficients, the heat and mass...

The paper deals with modeling the convective drying process. A relevant and reliable mathematical

model that captures the history and distribution of temperature is presented. The attention is focused

on the simultaneous heat and mass...