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A method is proposed for determining the coefficient of external mass transfer from experimental curves of drying kinetics in porous materials. A comparison of results obtained by this method and by the method of moisture content measurements indicates a close agreement.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 599–603, April, 1982.
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Prozorov, E.N. Determination of coefficient of external mass transfer in drying processes. Journal of Engineering Physics 42, 412–416 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826843
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00826843