The effect of can rotation on sterilization of liquid food using computational fluid dynamics

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-16

  Abdul Ghani, A G ^a   Farid, M M ^a   Zarrouk, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carrot orange soup; Computational fluid dynamics; Horizontal can (3 D); Rotation; Sterilization; Temperature distribution; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

CANNING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FORCED CONVECTION; HEATING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CAN ROTATION; LIQUID FOOD;

STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

EID: 0037332952     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(02)00215-7     Document Type: Article

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