Enhancing Heat Treatment Efficacy for Insect Pest Control: A Case Study of a CFD Application to Improve the Design and Structure of a Flour Mill

Heat treatment of the indoor environment of flour mills is an alternative technique to chemical fumigation for controlling insect pests. The aim of this research was to assess temperature distribution inside a flour mill during a heat treatment for insect pest control by computational fluid dynamics...

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Main Authors: Francesca Valenti, Simona Maria Carmela Porto, Nicoletta Tomasello, Claudia Arcidiacono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Buildings
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/8/4/48