in this research, papaya slices with dimensions of 0.5×2×5 cm3 were dried at 45 °c using a cabinet dryer in which drying air velocity and relative humidity were 0.9 m/s and 30%, respectively. the moisture diffusion coefficient of papaya was determined in this drying condition. mass transfer equation with its boundary conditions was solved based on finite difference method. finally, coefficient ...

BACKGROUND Among disposable bioreactor systems, cylindrical orbitally shaken bioreactors show important advantages. They provide a well-defined hydrodynamic flow combined with excellent mixing and oxygen transfer for mammalian and plant cell cultivations. Since there is no known universal correlation between the volumetric mass transfer coefficient for oxygen kLa and relevant operating paramete...

This work examines the volumetric effect of convection within a packed bed in the presence of collimated irradiation. Using a modified P-1 approximation incorporating a local thermal nonequilibrium (LTNE) model, the energy transportation through convection and thermal conduction, and collimated and diffuse radiative transfer are investigated. The impact of pertinent parameters such as porosity ...

In order to improve the efficiency and rate of heat transfer in heat exchangers, various techniques such as increasing the heat transfer coefficient are proposed. This study is devoted to the investigation of heat transfer coefficient variations due to the addition of CuO, TiO2 and CuO/TiO2 nanoparticles into a shell and tube heat exchanger. CuO/TiO2 nanocomposite was synthesized using mechanic...

The objective of this paper is to present an experimentally validated mechanistic model to predict the oxygen transfer rate coefficient (Kla) in aeration tanks for different water temperatures. Using experimental data created by Hunter and Vogelaar, the formula precisely reproduces experimental results for the standardized Kla at 20 °C, comparatively better than the current model used by ASCE 2...

An experimental investigation was conducted to study the average and the fully-developed heat (mass) transfer coefficients in a rectangular smooth duct and a duct with repeated-baffle blockages. The focus of attention in this work is the conventional correlation Nu / Nufd 1 + C / ( X / D ) for the average heat transfer coefficient. It was shown that for relatively short ducts, the coefficient C...