Plastic container opening area for optimum hydrocooling

Canadian Biosystems Engineering / Le Genie des biosystems au Canada

Volumn 46, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Vigneault, C ^a   Goyette, B ^a   Markarian, N R ^a   Hui, C K P ^a   Cote S ^a   Charles, M T ^a   Emond J P ^b  

^a Hort R and D Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRUITS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VACUUM; WATER; COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINERS; WATER SUPPLY;

ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND; HYDROCOOLING; SIDE-WALL; WATER COLLECTING DEVICE (WCD); WATER DISTRIBUTION;

COOLING; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

BOTTOM SURFACES; COOLING RATES; HYDROCOOLING; MINIMUM FLOW; OPENING AREAS; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 11844267211     PISSN: 14929058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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