Modelling transport phenomena in refrigerated food bulks, packages and stacks: basics and advances

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 985-997

  Verboven, Pieter ^a   Flick, D ^b   Nicolai B M ^a,c   Alvarez, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c Flanders Centre of Postharvest Technology   (Belgium)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Air flow; Food; Geometry; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Modelling; Refrigerated storage; Storage; Survey

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; STORAGE (MATERIALS); SURVEYS;

ERGUN THEORY; MODELING; REFRIGERATED STORAGE; VENT HOLE RESISTANCE;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

FOOD; FOOD STORAGE; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 33746310609     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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