[article]
Titre : |
Portable forced-air tunnel evaluation for cooling products inside cold storage rooms |
Titre original : |
Evaluation d'un tunnel de refroidissement et de congélation pour le refroidissement de produits à l'intérieur de chambres froides utilisées pour l'entreposage |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
D. F. Barbin, Auteur ; L.C. Neves Filho, Auteur ; V. Silveira Júnior, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2012 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 202–208 |
Note générale : |
Génie mécanique |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Frozen food Air distribution Refrigeration Freezing Heat transfer |
Résumé : |
Freezing process efficiency is affected by the required conditions to keep the air flow and temperature at the product surface. The objective of this work was to obtain results on comparative studies with air exhaustion and blowing using an experimental portable forced-air freezing tunnel. The device was designed to improve cooling rates inside storage room without the need for a cooling/freezing tunnel. A heterogeneity factor was proposed for air circulation evaluation and compared with convective heat transfer coefficient (hef) values. Lower modules of heterogeneity factor values represent smaller temperature differences among samples. Comparing two different air flow processes, heterogeneity factor values were similar for regions where the cooling air could flow without obstructions. However, larger differences were observed for regions with hampered air circulation. Results indicated that the air distribution, as well as the heat transfer, occurs more uniformly around the products in the exhausting process than in the blowing system. |
ISSN : |
0140-7007 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140700711002106 |
in International journal of refrigeration > Vol. 35 N° 1 (Janvier 2012) . - pp. 202–208
[article] Portable forced-air tunnel evaluation for cooling products inside cold storage rooms = Evaluation d'un tunnel de refroidissement et de congélation pour le refroidissement de produits à l'intérieur de chambres froides utilisées pour l'entreposage [texte imprimé] / D. F. Barbin, Auteur ; L.C. Neves Filho, Auteur ; V. Silveira Júnior, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 202–208. Génie mécanique Langues : Anglais ( eng) in International journal of refrigeration > Vol. 35 N° 1 (Janvier 2012) . - pp. 202–208
Mots-clés : |
Frozen food Air distribution Refrigeration Freezing Heat transfer |
Résumé : |
Freezing process efficiency is affected by the required conditions to keep the air flow and temperature at the product surface. The objective of this work was to obtain results on comparative studies with air exhaustion and blowing using an experimental portable forced-air freezing tunnel. The device was designed to improve cooling rates inside storage room without the need for a cooling/freezing tunnel. A heterogeneity factor was proposed for air circulation evaluation and compared with convective heat transfer coefficient (hef) values. Lower modules of heterogeneity factor values represent smaller temperature differences among samples. Comparing two different air flow processes, heterogeneity factor values were similar for regions where the cooling air could flow without obstructions. However, larger differences were observed for regions with hampered air circulation. Results indicated that the air distribution, as well as the heat transfer, occurs more uniformly around the products in the exhausting process than in the blowing system. |
ISSN : |
0140-7007 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140700711002106 |
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