Research Article

Nonequilibrium Thermal Dynamic Modeling of Porous Medium Vacuum Drying Process

Table 1

Parameters used in the simulation process.

ParameterSymbolValueUnit

Rate constant parameter 1, 10, 1000, 10000s−1
Intrinsic permeability 10−13, 10−14, 10−15m2
Initial water saturation 0.6, 0.5, 0.4
Initial moisture (dry base) 2.01, 1.68, 1.34
Vapor pressure of vacuum drying chamber 1000, 5000, 9000Pa
Heat temperature 323, 333, 343K
Porosity 0.615
Solid density 476kg m−3
Air pressure of vacuum drying chamber 0.001Pa
Heat exchange coefficient 2.5W m−2 K−1
Air temperature of vacuum drying chamber 293K