HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN THERMAL DRYING OF WOOL: A THEORETICAL APPROACH

Drying is a time-consuming, energy intensive and expensive process required in the most textile industries. The present study is part of a more general attempt to analyze convective drying of wool in order that a mathematical description of the overall process can be established. The main focus of this investigation is the development of a simplified mathematical model in a convective drying process of wool which can be used for prediction of drying characteristics.