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Author
Min, K. | Emmons, H. W.
Title
Drying of Porous Media.
Coporate
Lowell Technological Inst., MA Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
Sponsor
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
Report
Home Fire Proj. Tech. Rpt. 8,
Contract
GRANT-GK-10314 GRANT-GI-30957
Book or Conf
Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Institute, 1972 Proceedings, MA, Landis, R. B.; Hordemann, G. J., Editors, 1-18 p., 1972
Keywords
porous materials | heat transfer | mass transfer | moisture content | aluminum oxides | drying | thermodynamics | evaporation | water vapor
Abstract
An experimental and theoretical investigation was conducted into the heat and mass transfer processes involved in the drying of a porous medium, with a relatively low moisture content.