Intra-kernel moisture responses of rice to drying and tempering treatments by finite element simulation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1037-1044

  Yang, Wade ^a   Jia, Canchun ^a   Siebenmorgen, Terry J ^a   Howell, Terry A ^a   Cnossen, Auke G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drying; Finite element method; Moisture content gradient; Numerical simulation; Rice; Tempering

Indexed keywords

DRYING; GLASS TRANSITION; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TEMPERING;

MOISTURE CONTENT GRADIENTS (MCG);

CROPS;

DRYING; FOOD; MOISTURE;

EID: 0036665529     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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