Theoretical simulation of vacuum cooling of spherical foods

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1489-1501

  He, Su Yan ^a   Li, Yun Fei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effective deflating speed; Heat and mass transfer; Moisture; Precooling; Theoretical simulation; Vacuum cooling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

LATENT HEAT;

COOLING;

EID: 0037562862     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(03)00085-1     Document Type: Article

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