Numerical simulation of solid–liquid food mixture in a high pressure processing unit using computational fluid dynamics

Temperature distribution, velocity and pressure profiles during high pressure compression (500 MPa) of liquid food (water) and solid–liquid food mixture (beef fat and water), within a three dimensional cylinder basket is simulated. The computations domain in both cases was performed for a cylinder w...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of food engineering Jg. 80; H. 4; S. 1031 - 1042
Hauptverfasser: Abdul Ghani, A.G., Farid, M.M.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2007
Elsevier
Schlagworte:
Adiabatic heating
animal fats and oils
beef
beef fat
Biological and medical sciences
CFD
compressibility
fluid mechanics
Food engineering
Food industries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
heat transfer
High pressure processing
high pressure treatment
inactivation
liquids
liquified foods
mixtures
model validation
physical properties
pressure
simulation models
solids
Temperature distribution
temperature profiles
velocity
Velocity profile
water
CFD
Velocity profile
Temperature distribution
Adiabatic heating
High pressure processing
Physical dressing
Computational fluid dynamics
Velocity
Mixture
Profile
Solid
High pressure
Liquid
Heating
Numerical simulation
Food
ISSN:0260-8774, 1873-5770
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Zusammenfassung:Temperature distribution, velocity and pressure profiles during high pressure compression (500 MPa) of liquid food (water) and solid–liquid food mixture (beef fat and water), within a three dimensional cylinder basket is simulated. The computations domain in both cases was performed for a cylinder with a diameter of 38 mm and height of 290 mm, which are the same dimensions of the high pressure unit “FOOD-LAB model S-FL-850-9-W” available at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The governing equations for continuity, momentum and energy conservation are solved using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package (PHOENICS), version 3.5, which is based on a finite volume method of solution. The simulation for liquid food only shows the effect of forced and free convection flow on the temperature distribution in the liquid at the early stages of compression. This is due to the difference between the velocity of the pumping fluid as it enters the cylinder inlet hole (10 −2–10 −3) m s −1 and the velocity in the treatment chamber (10 −8–10 −9) m s −1. The simulation for the solid–liquid mixture shows as well, the temperature distribution in the solid and liquid at different stages of compression. It shows that the solid pieces are more heated than the liquid, which is due to the difference in their compression heating coefficient. Validation of the computed temperature in both cases is found to be in an agreement with those measured experimentally and reported in the literature.
Bibliographie:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.08.018
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ISSN:0260-8774
1873-5770
DOI:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.08.018