Analysis of co-current hydraircooling of food products in bulk

Rao, Narasimha KV and Narasimham, GSVL and Murthy, Krishna MV (1992) Analysis of co-current hydraircooling of food products in bulk. In: International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 13 (3). pp. 300-310.

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Abstract

A mathematical model is developed to describe the hydraircooling process when the water and air are flowing in the same direction. The governing equations for the simultaneous heat and mass transfer are solved using finite-difference numerical methods. The half cooling time of the food products is correlated as a function of the dimensionless process parameters. It is observed that a process time of approximately double the half cooling time will result in the food products attaining almost a steady state. The process times of the bulk hydraircooling process and the bulk air precooling process are compared.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow
Publisher:	Elsevier science
Keywords:	Precooling technique;hydraircooling;half cooling time.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited:	04 Jan 2011 08:08
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2011 08:08
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/34714

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