Milling of cowpea flour using cyclone assisted milling

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 785-792

  Jarrard Jr , Mark ^a   Hung, Yen Con ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Cyclone; Flour; Particle size

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MILLING MACHINES; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEED; TURBINES;

AIRFLOW RESTRICTION; COWPEA FLOUR; CYCLONE ASSISTED MILLING; PRECONDITIONING TREATMENTS; TWO-PART FACTORIAL DESIGN;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

EID: 37549036599     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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