Cooling performance of horticultural produce in containers with peripheral openings

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 254-261

  De Castro, Larissa R ^a,b   Vigneault, Clément ^a,b   Cortez, Luís A B ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air distribution; Air velocity; Forced air cooling; Package

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944508284     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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