TRANSFER PROCESSES IN POROUS MEDIA

MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF THE DRYING OF SUSPENSIONS 
AND COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS BY THEIR DEPRESSURIZATION

V. A. Lashkov, E. I. Levashko, and R. G. Safin

UDC 674.049;674.048

The heat and mass transfer in the process of drying of 
high-humidity materials by their depressurization has been investigated. 
The results of experimental investigation and mathematical simulation 
of the indicated process are presented. They allow one to determine 
the regularities of this process and predict the quality of the finished 
product. A technological scheme and an engineering procedure for calculating 
the drying of the liquid base of a soap are presented.

Kazan' State Tekhnological University, 68 Marks Str., 
Kazan', Tatarstan, 420015, Russia; email: lashkov_dm@kstu.ru. Translated 
from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 116-122, 
May-June, 2006. Original article submitted April 23, 2004; revision 
submitted May 17, 2005.