Microwave drying of corn (Zea mays L. ssp.) for the seed industry

Drying Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1291-1296

  Nair, Gopu Raveendran ^a   Li, Zhenfeng ^a   Gariepy, Yvan ^a   Raghavan, Vijaya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constant temperature; Corn; Fixed power; Intermittent power; Microwave drying

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CORN; FIXED POWER; INTERMITTENT POWER; MICROWAVE DRYING;

CULTIVATION; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SEED;

DRYING;

EID: 79960274998     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2011.591715     Document Type: Article

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