Evaluation of a chicory root cold store humidification system using computational fluid dynamics

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-121

  Delele, M A ^a   Schenk, A ^b   Ramon, H ^a   Nicolai B M ^a,b   Verboven, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Flanders Centre of Postharvest Technology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CFD; Chicory root; Cold storage; Humidification; Lagrangian model; Multiphase flow; Porous media

Indexed keywords

CFD; CHICORY ROOT; HUMIDIFICATION; LAGRANGIAN MODEL; POROUS MEDIA;

AIR; ATOMIZERS; COLD STORAGE; DROP FORMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NOZZLES; POROUS MATERIALS; REFRIGERATORS; RETAIL STORES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 67349140228     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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