Preserving the Iowa corn crop: Energy use and CO2 release

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-299

  Bern, C J ^a,b  

^a ASAE   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Corn drying; Energy use; Preservation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; DRYING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CHEMICAL PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT; POST HARVEST PRESERVATION;

FOOD PRESERVATION;

EID: 0032074547     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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