Selection of EMC/ERH isotherm equations for shelled corn based on fitting to available data

Drying Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-5, 1998, Pages 779-797

  Sun, Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; DATA STRUCTURES; DESORPTION; ISOTHERMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CORN; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENT; EQUILIBRIUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY; MEAN RELATIVE DEVIATION; MODIFIED CHUNG-PFOST EQUATION; MODIFIED OSWIN EQUATION; RESIDUAL SUM OF SQUARE; STANDARD ERROR OF ESTIMATE;

DRYING;

ADSORPTION; DRYING; FOODSTUFF; HUMIDITY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0345404463     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373939808917435     Document Type: Article

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