Computational tool for the energy performance assessment of horticultural industries - Case study of industries in the centre inner region of Portugal

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 8584 LNCS, Issue PART 6, 2014, Pages 87-101

  Neves, Diogo ^a   Gaspar, Pedro D ^a   Silva, Pedro D ^a   Nunes, José ^b   Andrade, Luís P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

cold storage; Computational tool; Energy efficiency; Energy performance; GUIDE; horticultural; Matlab; perishable products; sustainability

Indexed keywords

COLD STORAGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SUPPLY; MATLAB; SALES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; GUIDE; HORTICULTURAL; PERISHABLE PRODUCT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84904858595     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09153-2_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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