Mathematical modeling of gas concentration profiles in modified atmosphere bulk packages

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1075-1082

  Emond, J P ^a   Chau, K V ^b,c   Brecht, J K ^d   Ngadi, M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ASAE ^*

^c Agricultural Engineering Dept

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas concentration; Modified atmosphere packaging; Packaging; Perforation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; PERFORATING; POROSITY;

ATMOSPHERE BULK PACKAGING;

PACKAGING;

EID: 0032124198     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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