Computational fluid dynamics for the prediction of temperature profiles and hygienic design in the food industry

Food and Bioproducts Processing

Volumn 84, Issue 2 C, 2006, Pages 157-163

  Asteriadou, Konstantia ^a   Hasting, A P M ^b   Bird, M R ^c   Melrose, J ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Food processing; Food safety; Hygienic design; Modelling; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD PROCESSING; LAMINAR FLOW; PROCESS CONTROL; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW;

FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; HYGIENIC DESIGN;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 33745530202     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/fbp.04261     Document Type: Article

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