Forced-air precooling of spherical foods in bulk: A parametric study

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 613-624

  Sadashive Gowda, B ^a   Narasimham, G S V L ^a   Krishna Murthy, M V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Foods in bulk; Forced air precooling; Heat and mass transfer

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEAT CONDUCTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FORCED AIR PRECOOLING; SPHERICAL FOOD PRODUCTS;

COOLING;

COOLING; FOODSTUFF; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 0031420462     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-727X(97)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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