Steady state CFD modeling of airflow, heat transfer and moisture loss in a commercial potato cold store

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 672-689

  Chourasia, M K ^a   Goswami, T K ^b  

^a BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Air flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Modelling; Potato; Refrigerated warehouse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE;

AIRFLOW DISTRIBUTION; COLD SPOTS; REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE; STORED PRODUCTS;

COLD STORAGE;

AGRICULTURE; COLD STORAGE; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE;

OROGENIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 34247474332     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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