Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls

Abstract: Parameters characterizing wood and air were studied in order to analyze the performance of a wood solar dryer functioning under Moroccan climate. A mathematical model based on the climate data of Rabat city was used to investigate theoretically the wood drying process. Two wood species-thu...

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Autores principales:	Bekkioui,Naoual, Zoulalian,André, Hakam,Abdelillah, EZ-Zahraouy,Hamid
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad del Bío-Bío 2017
Materias:	Drying curves drying operating parameters drying time mass transfer coefficient solar drying.
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-221X20170004004632017-11-21Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed wallsBekkioui,NaoualZoulalian,AndréHakam,AbdelillahEZ-Zahraouy,Hamid Drying curves drying operating parameters drying time mass transfer coefficient solar drying. Abstract: Parameters characterizing wood and air were studied in order to analyze the performance of a wood solar dryer functioning under Moroccan climate. A mathematical model based on the climate data of Rabat city was used to investigate theoretically the wood drying process. Two wood species-thuya (Tetraclinis articulate) and pine (Pinus pinaster)-were examined in the present study. The results obtained by computer simulations are in good agreement with the experimental values. Furthermore, our findings indicate that the use of a global mass transfer coefficient for low temperature convective and homogenous drying conditions allows the influence of the principal operating parameters (wood thickness, wood density, air temperature, air velocity and ventilation mode) on the drying time to be estimated with great accuracy. Analyses pertaining to the two studied wood species revealed that(1) pine dries more quickly than thuya, (2) the drying process is faster in the summer relative to other seasons, (3) increasing the air velocity by 100% results in a 20% reduction in the drying time, and (4)continued ventilation reduces the drying time by 43%.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad del Bío-BíoMaderas. Ciencia y tecnología v.19 n.4 20172017-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-221X2017000400463en10.4067/S0718-221X2017005000601
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topic	Drying curves drying operating parameters drying time mass transfer coefficient solar drying.
spellingShingle	Drying curves drying operating parameters drying time mass transfer coefficient solar drying. Bekkioui,Naoual Zoulalian,André Hakam,Abdelillah EZ-Zahraouy,Hamid Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls
description	Abstract: Parameters characterizing wood and air were studied in order to analyze the performance of a wood solar dryer functioning under Moroccan climate. A mathematical model based on the climate data of Rabat city was used to investigate theoretically the wood drying process. Two wood species-thuya (Tetraclinis articulate) and pine (Pinus pinaster)-were examined in the present study. The results obtained by computer simulations are in good agreement with the experimental values. Furthermore, our findings indicate that the use of a global mass transfer coefficient for low temperature convective and homogenous drying conditions allows the influence of the principal operating parameters (wood thickness, wood density, air temperature, air velocity and ventilation mode) on the drying time to be estimated with great accuracy. Analyses pertaining to the two studied wood species revealed that(1) pine dries more quickly than thuya, (2) the drying process is faster in the summer relative to other seasons, (3) increasing the air velocity by 100% results in a 20% reduction in the drying time, and (4)continued ventilation reduces the drying time by 43%.
author	Bekkioui,Naoual Zoulalian,André Hakam,Abdelillah EZ-Zahraouy,Hamid
author_facet	Bekkioui,Naoual Zoulalian,André Hakam,Abdelillah EZ-Zahraouy,Hamid
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title	Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls
title_short	Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls
title_full	Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls
title_fullStr	Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls
title_full_unstemmed	Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls
title_sort	using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls
publisher	Universidad del Bío-Bío
publishDate	2017
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-221X2017000400463
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Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls

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