Development of a mathematical model for vacuum cooling of cooked meats

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-385

  Sun, Da Wen ^a   Wang, Lijun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chilling; Cooked meat; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Mathematical modelling; Refrigeration; Vacuum cooling; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; REFRIGERATION;

CHILLING; COOKED MEAT; VACUUM COOLING; WEIGHT LOSS;

FOOD PRESERVATION;

EID: 33745190296     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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