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Uniformity of Temperature in Cold Storage Using CFD Simulation  

Jeong, Hoon (Department of Agricultural Engineering, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
Kwon, Jin-Kyung (Department of Agricultural Engineering, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
Yun, Hong-Sun (Department of Agricultural Engineering, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
Lee, Won-Ok (Department of Agricultural Engineering, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
Kim, Young-Keun (Department of Agricultural Engineering, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
Lee, Hyun-Dong (Department of Agricultural Engineering, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
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Food Science and Preservation / v.17, no.1, 2010 , pp. 16-22 More about this Journal
Abstract
To maintain the storage quality of agricultural products, temperature uniformity during cold storage, which is affected by fan flow rate and product arrangement, is important. We simulated and validated a CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) model that can predict both airflow and temperature distribution in a cold storage environment. Computations were based on a commercial code (FLUENT 6.2) and two turbulence models. The standard k-$\varepsilon$ model and the Reynolds stress model (RSM) were chosen to improve the accuracy of CFD prediction. To obtain comparative data, the temperature distribution and velocity vector profiles were measured in a full-scale cold storage facility and in a 1/5 scale model. The agricultural products domain in cold storage was modeled as porous for economical computation. The RSM prediction showed good agreement with experimental data. In addition, temperature distribution was simulated in the cold storage rooms to estimate the uniformity of temperature distribution using the validated model.
Keywords
Computational fluid dynamics; Simulation; Airflow; Temperature; Uniformity; Cold storage;
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