Novel computational fluid dynamics simulation software for thermal design and evaluation of horticultural packaging

International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-169

  Opara, Linus U ^a   Zou, Qian ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; horticultural produce; innovation; packaging; thermal design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864414011     PISSN: 17447550     EISSN: 17447569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPTI.2006.011658     Document Type: Article

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