Investigating the performance of thermonebulisation fungicide fogging system for loaded fruit storage room using CFD model

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-97

  Delele, M A ^a,d   Vorstermans, B ^b   Creemers, P ^b   Tsige, A A ^a   Tijskens, E ^a   Schenk, A ^c   Opara, U L ^d   Nicolai B M ^a,c   Verboven, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Proefcentrum Fruitteelt   (Belgium)

^c Flanders Centre for Postharvest Technology   (Belgium)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Airflow; Apple; CFD; Cold storage; Pyrimethanil

Indexed keywords

AIR CIRCULATION; AIR DEFLECTORS; AIRFLOW; APPLE; BIN DESIGN; CFD MODELS; CIRCULATION RATES; FOGGING SYSTEM; FRUIT STORAGE; MULTI-PHASE FLOW MODELS; POST-HARVEST STORAGE; PYRIMETHANIL; STACKING PATTERNS;

AEROSOLS; AIR; BINS; COLD STORAGE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEPOSITION; FRUITS; FUNGICIDES; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FOG DISPERSAL;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 81055157615     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2011.09.030     Document Type: Article

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