The use of CFD to characterize and design post-harvest storage facilities: Past, present and future

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-194

  Ambaw, A ^a   Delele, M A ^b   Defraeye, T ^a   Ho, Q T ^a   Opara, L U ^b   Nicolai B M ^a   Verboven, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CFD; Fruit; Horticultural product; Mathematical model; Refrigeration; Storage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY STORAGE; FRUITS; HARVESTING; POROUS MATERIALS; REFRIGERATION;

GEOMETRICAL COMPLEXITY; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER PROCESS; HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS; MULTISCALE METHOD; PARTICLE DISPERSION; POST-HARVEST STORAGE; REFRIGERATION SYSTEM; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; FRUIT; GEOMETRY; HORTICULTURE; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 84875868899     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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