Research Article

Modelling the Evaporation Rate in an Impingement Jet Dryer with Multiple Nozzles

Table 2

Area average evaporation rates and relative difference compared to simulations where moisture is included as a two-component mixture of air and vapor.

MethodEvaporation rate [kg/m2s]Relative difference [%]

Scalar0.005754,69
Two-component mixture0.00605ā€‰
Heat and mass transfer analogy0.0068713,5