New correlations for heat transfer coefficients during direct cooling of products

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 587-594

  Dincer, Ibrahim ^a   Dost, Sadik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cooling; Energy use; Forced convection; Heat transfer; Heat transfer coefficient; Product; Refrigeration industry

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CORRELATION METHODS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOOD PRODUCTS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFRIGERATION; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS;

AIR FLOW; COOLING COEFFICIENTS; DIRECT COOLING; ENERGY USE; FORCED CONVECTION; REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY;

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS;

COOLING; FOODSTUFFS; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL;

EID: 0030199340     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199607)20:7<587::AID-ER174>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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