CFD Modelling of the 3D Spatial and Temporal Distribution of 1-methylcyclopropene in a Fruit Storage Container

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2235-2250

  Ambaw, Alemayehu ^a   Verboven, Pieter ^a   Delele, Mulugeta A ^a,c   Defraeye, Thijs ^a   Tijskens, Engelbert ^a   Schenk, Ann ^a   Nicolai, Bart M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Flanders Centre of Postharvest Technology   (Belgium)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

1 MCP; Computational fluid dynamics; Ethylene; Fruit storage; Gas adsorption; Gas diffusion; Postharvest

Indexed keywords

1-MCP; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; FRUIT STORAGE; GAS DIFFUSION; POSTHARVEST; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES SOLVERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; UNSTRUCTURED TETRAHEDRAL MESHES;

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTAINERS; DIFFUSION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ETHYLENE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAS ADSORPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRUITS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84881552497     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-012-0913-7     Document Type: Article

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