Energy analysis and optimization of a food defrosting system

Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 562-570

  Damour, C ^a   Hamdi, M ^a   Josset, C ^a   Auvity, B ^a   Boillereaux, L ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Defrosting system; Energy efficiency; Food industry; Nonlinear model based predictive control; Optimization strategies

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DEFROSTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

COOLING AIR; DEFROSTING SYSTEMS; ENERGETIC COSTS; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY OPTIMIZATION; FOOD INDUSTRIES; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; INLET AIR TEMPERATURES; MODEL BASED PREDICTIVE CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY; OVERALL PROCESS EFFICIENCIES; REFRIGERATION CYCLES;

OPTIMIZATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONTROL SYSTEM; COOLING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; THAWING;

EID: 84863725852     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.10.048     Document Type: Article

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