Using the computational fluid dynamics to analyze the thermal sterilization of solid-liquid food mixture in cans

Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 55-61

  Abdul Ghani, A G ^a   Farid, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CFD; Pineapple; Porous media; Sterilization; Streamline; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEATING; POROUS MATERIALS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

FLOW PATTERN; PHOENICS; PINEAPPLE; SLOWEST HEATING ZONE (SHZ);

SYNTHETIC FOODS;

ANANAS COMOSUS;

EID: 33748058841     PISSN: 14668564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifset.2004.07.006     Document Type: Article

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