Numerical simulation and analysis for quick-frozen food processing

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-273

  Huan, Zhongjie ^a,c   He, Shaoshu ^a   Ma, Yitai ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Freezing process; Galerkin finite element method; Quick frozen food

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREEZING; GALERKIN METHODS; THAWING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FROZEN FOOD;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 0042493174     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(03)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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