Modelling of simultaneous heat and mass transfer during drying of prunes

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 566, Issue , 2001, Pages 421-428

  Sabarez, Henry T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drying; Heat mass transfer; Modelling; Prunes; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859157649     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2001.566.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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