Thin layer drying of amaranth seeds

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-188

  Abalone, R ^a   Gaston A ^b   Cassinera, A ^a   Lara, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DRYING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MOISTURE; VAPORIZATION;

AMARANTH SEEDS; MEAN RELATIVE DEVIATION (MRD); STANDARD ERROR OF ESTIMATE (SEE); THIN LAYER DRYING;

SEED;

AMARANTHUS; DRYING; ESTIMATION; GRAIN; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; PELTOGYNE; SEEDS; VAPORIZATION;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; PELTOGYNE;

EID: 32144462340     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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