Airflow properties of packaged horticultural produce - A practical study

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 599, Issue , 2003, Pages 443-450

  Smale, Nicholas J ^a   Tanner, David J ^a   Amos, Nevin D ^b   Cleland, Donald J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ZESPRI Group Limited   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air interchange; Frictional pressure loss; Heat transfer; Vent design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880052765     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.599.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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