Beitr. Tabakforsch. Int./Contrib. Tob. Research, 2009, 23-4, p. 227-30., ISSN.0173-783X Book Review: The Chemical Components of Tobacco and Tobacco Smoke RODGMAN A.; PERFETTI T.A. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Bull. Spec. CORESTA Congress, Lisbon, 2000, p. 55, AP5 Bulk curing system for small growers BERNARD M.P. Michael Bernard, Stevenage, Herts, UK Most of the world's tobacco is produced in stick barns by small growers, whose inefficient curing causes losses of both weight and quality as well as wasted fuel. The aim of this development was to show that bulk curing for individual crops as small...
Bull. Spec. CORESTA Congress, Lisbon, 2000, p. 103, APOST2 (adjourned) Cost effective solar supplement for Virginia curing BERNARD M.P.; AGUAYO R. Michael Bernard, Stevenage, Herts, UK The objective of this trial was to evaluate the cost effectiveness of a simple means of providing supplementary solar energy for bulk barns. A group of sixteen gas fired barns was used, arranged in two rows of eight under a continuous common roof...
CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, Montreux,1997, AP5 EcoCuring System BERNARD M. Michael Bernard, Stevenage, Herts, UK The EcoCuring System is the most energy efficient bulk curing system available, and offers the lowest operating cost. It uses only 30% of the electrical power and 80% of the fuel of comparable bulk barns. It is a continuous system of eight linked...
Bull. Spec. CORESTA Congress, Harare 1994, p. 54, A 45 Barn conversion to gas firing and forced ventilation BERNARD M.P. Michael Bernard, Stevenage, Herts, UK The objectives of the work were : 1) To reduce curing costs by improved efficiency; 2) To provide an environmentally acceptable and economical fuel; 3) to improve the quality of the cured product; 4) To improve ease of management. The kerosene...
Tob. Sci., 1973, 17-09, p. 24, ISSN.0082-4523 Retention of phosphine gas with 2 mil polyethylene McCLELIAN W.C.; YU G. Fumigators Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina USA; Phostoxin Sales, Alhambra, California USA This test shows that any storage or commodity can be sealed with 2 mil polyethylene and effectively fumigated without loss of gas. If a commodity is under the polyethylene some of the phosphine is sorbed. The amount of sorbtion is dependent on the...