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Toward a fast and flexible transfer model for horticultural products packaged into boxes.
Author(s) : OLATUNJI J. R., SHIM Y. M., FERRUA M. J., et al.
Summary
Packaging fruit into boxes prior to pre-cooling benefits the horticultural cool chain by facilitating large-scale cooling and transport. A cooling prediction model that is applicable across many different packaging and product types would aid optimisation of packaging systems and operating conditions. This paper presents a new preliminary model, applied to a single box of kiwifruit wrapped in a polyliner. X-ray tomography was used to determine the exact bulk fruit shape; and was then divided into a small set of space averaged zones. The properties of each zone were determined in an automated fashion, based on the local porosity. The resulting cooling predictions reached unity with a resolution of just 125 zones, representing a solution time of only 42 seconds for 20 hours of simulated cooling. Being fast and flexible, the model will be validated against a real-world box of kiwifruit, being cooled in a refrigerated wind tunnel.
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- Original title: Toward a fast and flexible transfer model for horticultural products packaged into boxes.
- Record ID : 30017537
- Languages: English
- Source: 4th IIR International Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. Proceedings: Auckland, New Zealand, April 7-9, 2016.
- Publication date: 2016/04/07
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18462/iir.iccc.2016.0009
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Themes:
Heat transfer;
Packaging;
Fruit - Keywords: Heat transfer; Cooling; Modelling; Horticulture; Packaging; Kiwifruit
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