The original Plank equation and its use in the development of food freezing rate predictions

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-275

  López Leiva, Miguel ^a   Hallström, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer model; Food freezing; Freezing rates; Plank equation; Rjutov equation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FOOD PRODUCTS; FREEZING; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FOOD FREEZING;

FOOD PRESERVATIVES;

EID: 0037411127     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(02)00385-0     Document Type: Article

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