Temperature profiles during cold storage of bagged potatoes: Effects of geometric and operating parameters

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1345-1351

  Chourasia, M K ^a   Goswami, T K ^a   Chowdhury, K ^a  

^a Agricultural and Food Engineering Department   (India)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Porous bed; Potato storage; Temperature profile

Indexed keywords

COLD STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

POTATOES;

FOOD STORAGE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033201115     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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