Development and validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics models for precision structural fumigation

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-20

  Chayaprasert, Watcharapol ^a   Maier, Dirk E ^a   Ileleji, Klein E ^a   Murthy, Jayathi Y ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Half Loss Time; Methyl bromide alternative; Structural fumigation modeling; Sulfuryl fluoride

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049026590     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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