Cooling curves for the preliminary design of beef chillers

International Journal of Refrigeration

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1944-1953

  Tuan Pham, Q ^a   Trujillo, Francisco J ^b   Davey, Lucy M ^a   McPhail, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air; Beef; Computational fluid dynamics; Flow; Heat transfer; Parameter; Rate; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BEEF; FLOW; PARAMETER; RATE; SIMULATION;

AIR; COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MEATS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SIMULATORS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 70349978322     PISSN: 01407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrefrig.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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