Air-freight coolchain improvements using insulation and supplemental cooling

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-53

  Bollen, A F ^a   Brash, D W ^b   Bycroft, B L ^b  

^a Lincoln Technology   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air freight; Coolchain; Dry ice; Ice; Insulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COOLANTS; COOLING; CROPS; CURVE FITTING; FUNCTIONS; ICE; PALLETS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS;

AIR EXCHANGE; AIR FREIGHT; DRY ICE; LOGARITHMIC WARMING FUNCTIONS;

CARGO HANDLING;

EID: 0031648480     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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