Thermal imaging of a stored grain silo to detect a hot spot

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 891-897

  Manickavasagan, Annamalai ^a   Jayas, Digvir S ^a   White, Noel D G ^b   Jian, Fuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grain insects; Grain silo; Hot spot; Moist grain; Stored grain; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

BINS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; INFRARED IMAGING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

GRAIN INSECTS; GRAIN SILO; HOT SPOT; MOIST GRAIN; STORED GRAIN;

SILOS (AGRICULTURAL);

HEXAPODA; HORDEUM;

EID: 33846484218     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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