A 3-D heat transfer and fluid flow model for cooling of a single egg under forced convection

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1627-1637

  Kumar, V ^a   Jonnalagadda, D ^a   Subbiah, J ^b   Wee, A P ^a   Thippareddi, H ^a   Birla, S ^c  

^a Department of Biological Systems Engineering ^*

^b Departments of Biological Systems Engineering and Food Science and Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Conjugate heat transfer; Egg cooling; Food safety; Model; Validation; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITIES; CFD MODELS; CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER; CONJUGATE HEAT TRANSFER; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; EGG COOLING; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; EXTERIOR SURFACES; FINITE VOLUME; FLUID DOMAIN; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS; FORCED-AIR CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; MICROBIAL GROWTH MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; POTENTIAL GROWTH; PROCESSING INDUSTRY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA SPP; SHELL EGGS; STORAGE CONDITION; TEST CHAMBERS; UNIT OPERATION; VALIDATION;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BACTERIA; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOOD STORAGE; FORCED CONVECTION; HEALTH; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RISK PERCEPTION; SIMULATORS; THERMAL LOAD; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELS; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

BACTERIUM; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; EGG; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; FOOD SAFETY; GROWTH MODELING; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONVECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WIND TUNNEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 70449365508     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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