The role of drying in the spontaneous ignition of moist milk powder

Mathematical Engineering in Industry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Rivers, C M ^a   Wake, G C ^a,b   Chen, X D ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DAIRY PRODUCTS; DRYING;

MILK POWDER;

FIRES;

EID: 0030782915     PISSN: 0169121X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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