CFD studies on natural convective heating of canned food in conical and cylindrical containers

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1024-1036

  Varma, Mahesh N ^a   Kannan, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

CFD in food sterilization; Geometry modifications; Natural convection; Slowest heating zone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; LAMINAR FLOW; NATURAL CONVECTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

CFD IN FOOD STERILIZATION; GEOMETRY MODIFICATION; SLOWEST HEATING ZONE (SHZ); THERMAL STERILIZATION;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 33745333807     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2005.07.035     Document Type: Article

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