Determination of the heat transfer coefficient and thermal conductivity for coconut kernels using an inverse method with a developed hemispherical shell model

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-157

  Ramsaroop, Rabindranath ^a   Persad, Prakash ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Coconut; Heat transfer coefficient; Hemispherical shell; Inverse model; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COCONUT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FOOD PROCESS; HEAT TRANSFER PROBLEMS; HEMISPHERICAL SHELL; INNER SURFACES; INVERSE METHODS; INVERSE MODEL; LEGENDRE FUNCTION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; NATURAL SHAPES; SHELL MODELS; SIMULATION STUDIES; THERMAL PARAMETERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84855875840     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2011.11.027     Document Type: Article

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