Towards a semi-continuum approach to the design of hydrocoolers for horticultural produce

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-289

  Thorpe, G R ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Hydrocooler; Model; Throughput

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751211241     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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