Prediction of water loss from pears (Pyrus communis cv. Conference) during controlled atmosphere storage as affected by relative humidity

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-155

  Nguyen, T A ^a   Verboven, P ^a   Schenk, A ^a   Nicolaï, Bart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cortex; Cuticle; Finite element analysis; Shrivelling; Water profile

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TISSUE; WATER CONTENT;

AIR MOISTURE; CORTEX; CUTICLE; SHRIVELLING; WATER PROFILES;

FOOD PRESERVATION;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 34347389646     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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