Improvement of ventilation homogeneity in an industrial batch-type carcass chiller by CFD investigation

Food Research International

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 871-881

  Mirade, Pierre Sylvain ^a   Picgirard, Laurent ^b  

^a UR370 QuaPA   (France)

^b Association Pour le Développement des Industries de la Viande   (France)

Author keywords

Air velocity; Carcass chiller; CFD; Deflectors; Ventilation homogeneity

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

AIR VELOCITY; CARCASS CHILLER; DEFLECTORS; VENTILATION HOMOGENEITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33746818308     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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