Development of porous structure during air drying of agricultural plant products

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-183

  Karathanos, V T ^a   Kanellopoulos, N K ^a   Belessiotis, V G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FOOD PRODUCTS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

AIR DRYING; DEHYDRATED PLANT MATERIALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

EID: 0030215586     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0260-8774(95)00058-5     Document Type: Article

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