Effective Thermal Conductivity of Cellular Tissues During Drying: Prediction by a Computer Assisted Model
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Food Science
- Vol. 54 (1) , 194-197
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1989.tb08600.x
Abstract
Effective thermal conductivity, k*, of cellular tissues during drying is predicted as a function of moisture content. A computer model based on a planar tessellation is employed to simulate the tissue. The heat conduction equations are written on the tessellation and solved by means of a finite element technique. The whole technique, implemented in a computer package THERCOND, yields upper and lower bounds for k* which are compared to experimental values available for apples and pears.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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