Abstract
We consider the procedure and the results of solution of the problem of safe transportation and long storage of fruit and vegetable products under Arctic conditions in containers inside which an optimal theoretically based thermal humid air regime is kept.
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Abbreviations
- Ga :
-
air flow, kg/h
- M:
-
mass, kg
- qbr :
-
specific breathing heat
- W/kg:
-
c, heat capacity, kJ/(kg·K)
- q:
-
heat release of 1 kg of raw material at the transport temperature, W/kg
- t:
-
temperature, °C
- D:
-
natural loss of freight (drying loss), %/day
- λ:
-
thermal conductivity, W/(m·K)
- ϕ:
-
relative air humidity, %. Indices
- fr:
-
freight
- 1:
-
air entering into the freight
- 2:
-
air leaving the freight
- 0:
-
at T=273.15 K
- p:
-
isobaric
- a:
-
air
- out:
-
outdoor
- sc:
-
scavenging
References
V. Z. Zhadan, Thermophysical Fundamentals of Storage of Lush Vegetable Raw Material at Food Enterprises [in Russian], Moscow (1976).
E. R. Eckert and R. N. Drake, Heat and Mass Transfer Theory [Russian translation], Moscow-Leningrad (1961).
V. P. Isachenko et al., Heat Transfer [in Russian], Moscow (1975).
Additional information
Institute of Naval Engineers, Odessa. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 456–462, April, 1993.
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Zagoruiko, V.A., Zhuravlev, A.M. & Slyn'ko, A.G. Design and full-scale tests of a microclimatic container for transport of frost-sensitive freight under Arctic conditions. J Eng Phys Thermophys 64, 367–372 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00859222
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00859222