Heating uniformity and differential heating of insects in almonds in radio frequency systems

2007 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Technical Papers

Volumn 11 BOOK, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wang, S ^a   Tang, J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Almond; Differential heating; Heating uniformity; Insect; Phytosanitary quarantine

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FRUITS; GELS; HEATING; SANITARY ENGINEERING;

DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; HEATING UNIFORMITY; INSECTS; PHYTOSANITARY QUARANTINE;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 35648974380     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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