Freezing of tilapia fillets in an air blast freezer

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1619-1625

  Tan, Fock Lai ^a   Fok, Sai Cheong ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cylinder; Ellipse; Freezer; Freezing of fish; Freezing time; Slab; Sphere; Tilapia fillet

Indexed keywords

TILAPIA;

EID: 70350287293     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.01930.x     Document Type: Article

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