Drying rate of ear corn

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1605-1610

  Friant, N R ^a   Marks, B P ^b   Bakker Arkema, F W ^b  

^a CARGILL INC   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ear corn; Thin layer drying

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DATA REDUCTION; DRYING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DRYING RATE; ERROR PREDICTION; THIN-LAYER EAR-CORN DRYING TESTS;

CROPS;

MAIZE; MOISTURE CONTENT;

CORN; DATA PROCESSING; DRYING; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 11144302048     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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