Moisture adsorption characteristics of wheat and barley

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 361-368

  Casada, Mark E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desorption; Diffusion; Grain drying; Grain storage; Modeling; Thin layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

BARLEY ENDOSPERM;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; DRYING; MOISTURE; WHEAT;

BARLEY; MOISTURE; WHEAT;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036524157     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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