Solar absorptivity of peeled cassava root, yam tuber and unripe plantain fruit

Journal of Food Process Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 317-326

  Njie, Divine N ^a,b   Rumsey, Thomas R ^b  

^a Global Resources and Development Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SOLAR DRYERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

SOLAR ABSORPTIVITY; SUN DRYING;

FRUITS;

EID: 0032179259     PISSN: 01458876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4530.1998.tb00456.x     Document Type: Article

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