Simulation and analysis of fluid dynamic behaviour of foods during filling processes

Chemical Product and Process Modeling

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Bottani, Eleonora ^a   Rizzo, Roberto ^a   Vignali, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D model; Aseptic filling; Computational fluid dynamics; Finite Elements Method; Shear thinning fluid

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ASEPTIC FILLING; INDUSTRIAL FILLING PROCESSES; SHEAR-THINNING FLUID;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 38849117106     PISSN: 19342659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1934-2659.1084     Document Type: Article

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