Determination of the diffusion coefficient of tissue, cuticle, cutin and wax of apple

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-294

  Veraverbeke, Els A ^a   Verboven, Pieter ^a   Scheerlinck, Nico ^a   Hoang, My Lan ^a   Nicolaï, Bart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apple; Diffusion; Diffusion coefficients; EMC; Finite elements; Wax

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOISTURE; TISSUE; WATER; WAXES;

CUTICULAR MEMBRANES;

FRUITS;

DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRUITS; MOISTURE; SIMULATION; TISSUE; WATER;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0037411122     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(02)00387-4     Document Type: Article

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