Food Freezing and Thawing Calculations

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pham, Q. Tuan (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition,
• Θέματα: Chemistry.; Biochemical engineering.; Food > Biotechnology.; Food Science.; Biochemical Engineering.

Freezing time and freezing heat load are the two most important factors determining the economics of food freezers. This Brief will review and describe the principal methods available for their calculation. The methods can be classified into analytical methods, which rely on making physical simplifi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Nomenclature
• Introduction to the Freezing Process
• Heat Transfer Coefficient and Physical Properties
• Introduction
• Analytical Solutions
• Approximate and Empirical Methods
• Numerical Methods
• Modeling Coupled Phenomena
• Conclusions
• References
• Index.