Dynamic equilibrium moisture content for grain drying

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-303

  Chen, C ^a   Jayas, D S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Drying; Grain; Sorption; Storage

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DRYING; FOOD STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SORPTION;

EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENT (EMC); NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THIN-LAYER DRYING EQUATIONS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

EID: 0032178079     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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