Numerical simulation of forced-air cooling of beds of fruits with different geometries

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1645-1652

  Teruel Mederos, B ^a   Barbosa Cortez, L ^a   Kieckbusch, T G ^a   Barbosa De Lima, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Universidad de Campinas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Banana (Musa cavendishi); Cooling time; Heat transfer convective coefficient; Orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck L.)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952010936     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2005.682.220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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