Heat transfer coefficients for forced-air cooling and freezing of selected foods

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 540-551

  Becker, Bryan R ^a   Fricke, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculation; Cooling; Cooling time; Food; Freezing; Freezing time; Heat transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BESSEL FUNCTIONS; COOLING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTS; FREEZING; PACKAGING; REFRIGERATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

COOLING TIME; DYNAMIC VISCOSITY; FREEZING TIME;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 3042803140     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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