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Freeze Drying
Freeze drying is a technique that can be used to remove the pore fluid from a gel to produce an aerogel. In this process, the pore fluid of a gel is...
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Basics of Wood Drying
Drying is one of the most important processing steps in the production of timber and many of the wood composites. During this process, freshly cut...
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Sawn Timber Steaming and Drying
In the native state of a tree, moisture can be present as a liquid solution in the cell lumen (specific for sapwood) and/or in the microstructure of...
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Supercritical Drying of Aerogels
In this chapter, we discuss the process of supercritical drying as it relates to the production of aerogels. What was once a heuristic technique...
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Effect of Polyester Structure on Drying Behavior
The drying capacity of fabrics is an important feature for sportswear. Furthermore, the environmental impact of these products is crucial for the...
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Drying-Induced Cracking of Raw-Earth Plaster
The widespread adoption of raw earth materials in mainstream construction practices continues to encounter multiple challenges, where the main...
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An Analysis of the Influence of Drying Methods on the Drying Kinetics and Quality of Ilmenite-Coke Composite Pellets
The effects of microwave and conventional oven drying on the drying kinetics and the quality of the ilmenite-coke composite pellets are presented....
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Experimental Study and Drying Kinetics Modeling of an Alkali-Activated Sand-Based Porous Medium, Application to Drying of Inorganic Foundry Cores
In the production of cast aluminum automotive parts, cores made of sand and binders are often used to create the complex features that cannot be...
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Impact of Rendering on Drying Stage of Light Earth Walls
Light earth is a material made of vegetal aggregates (such as hemp shives) and earth acting as a binder. During the manufacturing process, water is...
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Design and development of hybrid solar–biomass drying system: An innovative approach
AbstractDrying, particularly of crops, a vital human activity and global use of dried products, is widespread. Moisture removal is essential for...
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Enhancing Beech Wood Drying Efficiency Using a Compound Parabolic Collector in Moroccan Climate
The use of a Compound Parabolic Collector (CPC) in a solar wood drying system built for beech wood in the Moroccan environment is researched in the...
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Factors affecting the drying shrinkage of alkali-activated slag/fly ash mortars
Climate change associated with carbon emissions is driving a demand for low-carbon cements. One of the most promising low-carbon alternatives is...
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Sodium Silicate-Based Aerogels by Ambient Pressure Drying
Silica aerogels are the most commercially relevant aerogel materials. By volume, supercritically dried blanket composites are still leading global...
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Preparation of nano-zirconium phosphate by freeze-drying method and its tribological properties
AbstractIn order to explore the influence of freeze-drying process parameters on the size of zirconium phosphate (α-ZrP) nanoparticles during...
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Ion migration mechanisms in the early stages of drying and degradation of oil paint films
The study of film-formation processes of oil paints has been extensively addressed over the last decade and the influence of metal ions in the drying...
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Photopyroelectric technique to follow gelation and drying processes in alginate: a proof-of-concept
The photopyroelectric (PPE) is a versatile technique to assess thermal properties, and it was used in a proof-of-concept experiment to track the...
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Drying of graphene oxide: effects on red blood cells and protein corona formation
In this work, we performed an integrated study on the physicochemical changes of graphene oxide (GO) during the drying process in terms of their...
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Multistage drying of ammonium nitrate with nanoporous structure
The current paper describes the technological foundations of the porous ammonium nitrate (PAN) convective drying stage in a multistage shelf unit...
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Investigating the effect of nanolime treatment on the drying kinetics of Clipsham limestone
Climate change poses an ever-increasing risk to our stone built heritage. Among conservation actions, the use of consolidant products is considered a...
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Synthesis of waterborne polyurethane aerogels-like materials via freeze-drying: an innovative approach
Waterborne polyurethane (WBPUR) aerogels using acetone method and freeze-drying procedure have been successfully synthesized. The morphology,...
