Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) investigation of air flow and temperature distribution in a small scale bread-baking oven

Applied Energy

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-96

  Khatir, Zinedine ^a   Paton, Joe ^a   Thompson, Harvey ^a   Kapur, Nik ^a   Toropov, Vassili ^a   Lawes, Malcolm ^a   Kirk, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Spooner Industries Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bread baking oven; CFD modelling; Experiments; Fluid flow; Heat transfer

Indexed keywords

AIR; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GAS DYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER; OVENS; STOVES;

AIR FLOW; CFD MODELLING; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW MODEL; IMPINGING JET; KEY FEATURE; RECIRCULATING FLOW; SMALL SCALE; TEMPERATURE PREDICTION; THERMAL FIELD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 80053338522     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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