A continuous/discrete simulation of controlled atmosphere (CA) cool storage systems: Validation using industrial CA cool storage

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 461-470

  Nahor, H B ^a   Scheerlinck, N ^a   Verboven, P ^a   Van Impe, J ^a   Nicolai B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Controlled atmosphere; Modelling; Refrigerated storage; Transient behaviour

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; COOL STORAGE SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATED STORAGE; TRANSIENT BEHAVIORS;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 18144380346     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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