Temperature distribution analysis of a water cascading retort in rotary and static modes

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 551-562

  Varga, Szabolcs ^a   Oliveira, Jorge C ^b   Smout, Chantal ^c   Hendrickx, Mark E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conduction heating; Finite elements; In pack sterilization; Mathematical modelling; Process variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035534879     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2621.2001.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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