Prediction of chilling times of foods in situations where evaporative cooling is significant - Part 1. Method development

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-125

  Chuntranuluck, Sawitri ^a   Wells, C M ^b   Cleland, A C ^c  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Health New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; CURVE FITTING; EVAPORATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHILLING; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; PSYCHROMETRIC THEORY; UNSTEADY STATE COOLING;

FOOD STORAGE;

EID: 0032132276     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(98)00087-9     Document Type: Article

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