Statistical variability of heat penetration parameters in relation to process design

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 685-693

  Smout, C ^a   Van Loey, A ^a   Hendrickx, M ^a   Beirlant, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Heat penetration; Heating parameters; Process design; Retort; Statistical variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033865513     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2000.tb16073.x     Document Type: Article

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