Indirect measurement method for laminar to turbulent airflow through horticultural produce simulators

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1455-1461

  Vigneault, Clément ^a   De Castro, Larissa R ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air approach velocity; Container; Forced air cooling; Half cooling time; Porous medium; Produce simulator; Transient airflow pattern

Indexed keywords

AIR APPROACH VELOCITY; FORCED-AIR COOLING; HALF-COOLING TIME; PRODUCE SIMULATORS; TRANSIENT AIRFLOW PATTERNS;

AGRICULTURE; SIMULATORS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LAMINAR FLOW;

AIRFLOW; COOLING; CORRELATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; HORTICULTURE; LAMINAR FLOW; SIMULATION; TRANSIENT FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

AGRICULTURE; LAMINAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33845607603     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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