Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Heat Transfer in Canned Mushrooms in Brine During Sterilization Processes

摘要

The proposed numerical model determines the temperature distribution in convectively heated liquid brine and in conductively heated mushroom solid during in-can sterilization. The convective heat transfer in the brine is described by the regular regime equation and the conductive heat transfer in the mushrooms which have an irregular shape by the generalized equation of heat conduction. The predicted results obtained by using this method are compared with experimental results. The proposed approach may also be used for simulating the temperature in heating and cooling of heterogeneous foodstuffs.