Investigation into the thin layer drying models of Nigerian popcorn varieties

Leonardo Electronic Journal of Practices and Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 047-062

  Ademiluyi, Taiwo ^a   Oboho, E O ^a   Owudogu, Michael ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Drying kinetics; Mathematical models; Popcorn varieties; Thin layer

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649382417     PISSN: 15831078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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