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

Bekkioui, Naoual; Zoulalian, André; Hakam, Abdelillah; EZ-Zahraouy, Hamid

dc.creator	Bekkioui, Naoual
dc.creator	Zoulalian, André
dc.creator	Hakam, Abdelillah
dc.creator	EZ-Zahraouy, Hamid
dc.date	2017-10-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-13T20:58:34Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-13T20:58:34Z
dc.identifier	https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/MCT/article/view/2985
dc.identifier.uri	https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/224071
dc.description	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 speciesthuya (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%.   PDF XML	en-US
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Universidad del Bio-Bio	en-US
dc.relation	https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/MCT/article/view/2985/3024
dc.source	Maderas-Cienc Tecnol; Vol. 19 No. 4 (2017); 463-470	en-US
dc.source	Maderas-Cienc Tecnol; Vol. 19 Núm. 4 (2017); 463-470	es-ES
dc.source	0718-221X
dc.source	0717-3644
dc.subject	Drying curves	es-ES
dc.subject	drying operating parameters	es-ES
dc.subject	drying time	es-ES
dc.subject	mass transfer coefficient	es-ES
dc.subject	solar drying	es-ES
dc.title	Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls	en-US
dc.title	Using a parametric study to analyse the performance of wood solar dryers with glazed walls	es-ES
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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