Simulation of Transport Phenomena during Natural Convection Cooling of Bagged Potatoes in Cold Storage, Part II: Mass Transfer

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-219

  Chourasia, M K ^a   Goswami, T K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; FOOD PROCESSING; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; NATURAL CONVECTION;

MOISTURE LOSS; POTATOES; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY;

COLD STORAGE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33646693389     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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