Experimental and neural network prediction of the performance of a solar tunnel drier for drying jackfruit bulbs and leather

Journal of Food Process Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 552-566

  Bala, B K ^a   Ashraf, M A ^a   Uddin, M A ^a   Janjai, S ^b  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKPROPAGATION; MULTILAYERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR DRYERS;

DRYING TUNNELS; JACKFRUIT BULBS; SOLAR TUNNEL DRIERS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS;

EID: 30144441530     PISSN: 01458876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4530.2005.00042.x     Document Type: Review

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