Reusable pouch development for long term space missions: A 3D ohmic model for verification of sterilization efficacy

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1199-1205

  Jun, Soojin ^a   Sastry, Sudhir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batch sterilization; Computational fluid dynamics; Heat transfer model; Ohmic heating; Pouch

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAT TRANSFER; OHMIC CONTACTS;

BATCH STERILIZATION; BIOLOGICAL WASTE; HEAT TRANSFER MODELS; STERILIZATION EFFICACY;

FOOD PROCESSING;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33846211403     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.09.018     Document Type: Article

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