Modelling of a milk powder falling film evaporator for predicting process trends and comparison of energy consumption

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 225, Issue , 2018, Pages 26-33

  Zhang, Yechun ^a   Munir, Muhammad Tajammal ^a   Udugama, Isuru ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Young, Brent R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Falling film evaporator; Mechanical vapour recompression; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORECASTING; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WASTE HEAT;

COMMERCIAL PROCESS SIMULATORS; EVAPORATION PROCESS; FALLING FILM EVAPORATORS; PROCESS VARIABLES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VAPOUR RECOMPRESSION;

EVAPORATORS;

EID: 85041282229     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2018.01.016     Document Type: Article

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