Heat distribution in industrial-scale water cascading (rotary) retort

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 882-886

  Smout, C ^a   Van Loey, A ^a   Hendrickx, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heat distribution; Heating rate; Temperature; Water cascading retort

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031730262     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1998.tb17919.x     Document Type: Article

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