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Review Article

A Review on Thin-Layer Drying-Curve Equations

Haydar Kucuk Faculty of Engineering, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey
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Adnan Midilli Faculty of Engineering, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Aydin Kilic Faculty of Engineering, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Rize, Turkey
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Ibrahim Dincer Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Pages 757-773 | Published online: 29 Apr 2014

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