Journal of Applied Sciences ›› 2001, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (1): 70-72.

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Experiment on the Shrinkable Character of Material During Convective Drying Process

CAI Liang, YU Wei-ping, SHI Ming-heng   

  1. Department of Power Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • Received:1999-08-27 Revised:1999-11-26 Online:2001-03-31 Published:2001-03-31

Abstract: Some material, especially biomaterial, will shrink during the drying process. In the experiment, drying curve and shrinkable curve of fresh pea is measured. Volumetric shrinkable coefficient is also introduced and measured.

Key words: drying process, shrinkable character

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