Germination of wheat grains from uneven microwave heating in an industrial microwave dryer

Canadian Biosystems Engineering / Le Genie des biosystems au Canada

Volumn 49, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Manickavasagan, A ^a   Jayas, D S ^a   White, N D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germination percentage; Hot spot; Microwave drying; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INFRARED IMAGING; MICROWAVE HEATING; MOISTURE;

GERMINATION PERCENTAGE; HEATING ZONES; MICROWAVE DRYING;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

EID: 38749108834     PISSN: 14929058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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