Method to evaluate the average temperature at the surface of a horticultural crop

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 291-295

  Goyette, B ^a,b   Vigneault, C ^a,b   Panneton, B ^a   Raghavan, G S V ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooling rate coefficient; Half cooling time; Icing; Postharvest; Precooling; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

COOLING RATE COEFFICIENT; HALF COOLING TIME; HORTICULTURAL CROP; ICING; POSTHARVEST; PRECOOLING; VEGETABLE;

CROPS;

EID: 0030257757     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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