Numerical simulation of mushrooms during freezing using the FEM and an enthalpy : Kirchhoff formulation

Autores
Santos, María Victoria; Lespinard, Alejandro Rafael
Año de publicación
2011
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
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Estado
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Descripción
The shelf life of mushrooms is very limited since they are susceptible to physical and microbial attack; therefore they are usually blanched and immediately frozen for commercial purposes. The aim of this work was to develop a numerical model using the finite element technique to predict freezing times of mushrooms considering the actual shape of the product. The original heat transfer equation was reformulated using a combined enthalpy-Kirchhoff formulation, therefore an own computational program using Matlab 6.5 (MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts) was developed, considering the difficulties encountered when simulating this non-linear problem in commercial softwares. Digital images were used to generate the irregular contour and the domain discretization. The numerical predictions agreed with the experimental time–temperature curves during freezing of mushrooms (maximum absolute error <3.2°C) obtaining accurate results and minimum computer processing times. The codes were then applied to determine required processing times for different operating conditions (external fluid temperatures and surface heat transfer coefficients).
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos
Facultad de Ingeniería
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales
Materia
Ciencias Exactas
Simulation
Freezing
Heat transfer
Food processing
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Numerical simulation of mushrooms during freezing using the FEM and an enthalpy : Kirchhoff formulation
title Numerical simulation of mushrooms during freezing using the FEM and an enthalpy : Kirchhoff formulation
spellingShingle Numerical simulation of mushrooms during freezing using the FEM and an enthalpy : Kirchhoff formulation
Santos, María Victoria
Ciencias Exactas
Simulation
Freezing
Heat transfer
Food processing
title_short Numerical simulation of mushrooms during freezing using the FEM and an enthalpy : Kirchhoff formulation
title_full Numerical simulation of mushrooms during freezing using the FEM and an enthalpy : Kirchhoff formulation
title_fullStr Numerical simulation of mushrooms during freezing using the FEM and an enthalpy : Kirchhoff formulation
title_full_unstemmed Numerical simulation of mushrooms during freezing using the FEM and an enthalpy : Kirchhoff formulation
title_sort Numerical simulation of mushrooms during freezing using the FEM and an enthalpy : Kirchhoff formulation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Santos, María Victoria
Lespinard, Alejandro Rafael
author Santos, María Victoria
author_facet Santos, María Victoria
Lespinard, Alejandro Rafael
author_role author
author2 Lespinard, Alejandro Rafael
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Simulation
Freezing
Heat transfer
Food processing
topic Ciencias Exactas
Simulation
Freezing
Heat transfer
Food processing
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The shelf life of mushrooms is very limited since they are susceptible to physical and microbial attack; therefore they are usually blanched and immediately frozen for commercial purposes. The aim of this work was to develop a numerical model using the finite element technique to predict freezing times of mushrooms considering the actual shape of the product. The original heat transfer equation was reformulated using a combined enthalpy-Kirchhoff formulation, therefore an own computational program using Matlab 6.5 (MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts) was developed, considering the difficulties encountered when simulating this non-linear problem in commercial softwares. Digital images were used to generate the irregular contour and the domain discretization. The numerical predictions agreed with the experimental time–temperature curves during freezing of mushrooms (maximum absolute error <3.2°C) obtaining accurate results and minimum computer processing times. The codes were then applied to determine required processing times for different operating conditions (external fluid temperatures and surface heat transfer coefficients).
Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos
Facultad de Ingeniería
Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales
description The shelf life of mushrooms is very limited since they are susceptible to physical and microbial attack; therefore they are usually blanched and immediately frozen for commercial purposes. The aim of this work was to develop a numerical model using the finite element technique to predict freezing times of mushrooms considering the actual shape of the product. The original heat transfer equation was reformulated using a combined enthalpy-Kirchhoff formulation, therefore an own computational program using Matlab 6.5 (MathWorks, Natick, Massachusetts) was developed, considering the difficulties encountered when simulating this non-linear problem in commercial softwares. Digital images were used to generate the irregular contour and the domain discretization. The numerical predictions agreed with the experimental time–temperature curves during freezing of mushrooms (maximum absolute error <3.2°C) obtaining accurate results and minimum computer processing times. The codes were then applied to determine required processing times for different operating conditions (external fluid temperatures and surface heat transfer coefficients).
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