Finite element simulation of corn moisture adsorption

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2217-2222

  Muthukumarappan, K ^a,b,c   Gunasekaran, S ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Corn; Diffusivity; Moisture; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030485192     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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