CFD modelling of flow and scalar exchange of spherical food products: Turbulence and boundary-layer modelling

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 495-504

  Defraeye, Thijs ^a   Verboven, Pieter ^a   Nicolai, Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VCBT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Convective heat transfer coefficient; Cooling; Heat; Sphere; Stack; Validation

Indexed keywords

CELL SIZE; CFD MODELLING; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; EMPIRICAL DATA; FLOW PROBLEMS; HEAT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; SHEAR-STRESS TRANSPORT; SPHERE SURFACES; SPHERICAL FOODS; STACK; VALIDATION; WALL FUNCTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING; FOOD PRODUCTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE MODELS;

SPHERES;

EID: 84869497043     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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