Computerized monitoring and control for a research controlled-atmosphere storage facility

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-37

  Markarian, Naro R ^a   Vigneault, Clément ^a   Gariepy, Yvan ^a   Rennie, Timothy J ^b  

^a Government of Canada   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automation; Fruit and vegetable storage; Horticultural crop; Mini chambers; PI controller

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MONITORING;

CUSTOM-MADE CONTROL SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

MONITORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0037382572     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1699(03)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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