Advances in mathematical modelling of postharvest refrigeration processes

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Delele, M A ^a   Verboven, P ^a   Ho, Q T ^a   Nicolai B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CFD; Fruit; Horticultural product; Mathematical model; Refrigeration; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955892222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2010.2.1     Document Type: Review

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