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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 78, 2020 - Issue 8
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Original Articles

Numerical simulation of crust freezing in processed meat: A fully coupled solid–fluid approach

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Pages 378-391 | Received 12 May 2020, Accepted 05 Jul 2020, Published online: 22 Jul 2020
 

Abstract

We present a numerical model for the simulation of continuous impingement freezing of processed food products. This model is capable of fully describing the fluid dynamics of the non-isothermal flow field, including turbulence with conjugate heat transfer (CHT). The motion of the solid region is captured by advecting the solid rathe than employing a moving mesh algorithm, resulting in a model that is more computationally efficient. This methodology is implemented as a numerical solver using the well-known open-source library OpenFOAM. Our results confirm that the proposed model can provide detailed insight on the freezing process at a minimum computational cost.

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Funding

The authors would like to thank University of Nottingham Hermes fund for sponsoring the research.

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