Pressure drop during forced-air ventilation of various horticultural produce in containers with different opening configurations

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 807-814

  Vigneault, C ^a,c   Markarian, N R ^a   Da Silva, A ^b   Goyette, B ^a  

^a Hort R and D Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airflow resistance; Container; Fruit and vegetables; Physical properties; Porosity; Venting area; Wall opening

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FRUITS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

HORTICULTURAL; PRESSURE DROPS;

CROPS;

FRUIT; VENTILATION;

EID: 4243151542     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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