Novel Application of Neutron Radiography to Forced Convective Drying of Fruit Tissue

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3353-3367

  Defraeye, Thijs ^a   Aregawi, Wondwosen ^a   Saneinejad, Saba ^c,d   Vontobel, Peter ^e   Lehmann, Eberhard ^e   Carmeliet, Jan ^c,d   Verboven, Pieter ^a   Derome, Dominique ^d   Nicolaï, Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VCBT   (Belgium)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apple; Imaging; Non destructive; Pear; Water; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

APPLE; CONTROL MEASUREMENTS; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; PEAR; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SHRINKAGE BEHAVIOUR; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

DRYING; FOOD PRODUCTS; FRUITS; HEAT CONVECTION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEUTRONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHASE INTERFACES; SHRINKAGE; WATER; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WIND TUNNELS;

TISSUE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS;

EID: 84877730982     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-012-0999-y     Document Type: Article

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