Enhanced food sterilization through inclination of the container walls and geometry modifications

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3753-3762

  Varma, Mahesh N ^a   Kannan, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Angle of orientation; Food sterilization; Geometry modifications; Natural convection; Slowest heating zone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT TREATMENT; LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SURFACE TREATMENT;

CONTAINER WALLS; FOOD STERILIZATION; GEOMETRY MODIFICATIONS; SLOWEST HEATING ZONE (SHZ);

STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

STERILISER EQUIPMENT;

EID: 21144436954     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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