Optimising the quality of safe food: Computational modelling of a continuous sterilisation process

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 717-730

  Jung, A ^a   Fryer, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational; Fluid dynamics; Food processing; Heat transfer; Optimisation; Sterilisation

Indexed keywords

STERILISER EQUIPMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; PIPE FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

FOOD STERILIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE SHORT TIME (HTST) PROCESS;

STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

EID: 0033084410     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(98)00278-4     Document Type: Article

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