Measurements of particle size distributions produced by humidifiers operating in high humidity storage environments

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Hung, D V ^a   Tong, S ^a   Nakano, Y ^a   Tanaka, F ^a   Hamanaka, D ^a   Uchino, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE; CORRUGATED CARDBOARDS; MICROORGANISM GROWTH; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; SYSTEM CONTROLLERS; ULTRASONIC HUMIDIFIERS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 77956010575     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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