Submitted for review in November 2008 as manuscript number FPE7804; approved for publication by the Food & Process Engineering Institute Division of ASABE in June 2009.
The authors are Phan Hieu Hien, ASABE Member, Lecturer, Le Quang Vinh, Researcher, Tran Thi Thanh Thuy, Researcher, and Tran Van Tuan, Researcher, Center for Agricultural Energy and Machinery, Nong‐Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Corresponding author: Phan Hieu Hien, Center for Agricultural Energy and Machinery, Nong‐Lam University, Dai Hoc Nong Lam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; phone: +84837220725; fax: +848.38960.713; e‐mail: phhien@hcm.vnn.vn.
Transactions of the ASABE
Vol. 52(4): 1255-1259 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers ISSN 0001-2351