Pressure supported freezing processes. Modelling and numerical simulation

Abstract

A model for the simulation of thermal exchanges in a high-pressure equip-ment prototype is developed. Good agreement between simulated and experimental time-temperature profiles is found during different tests. The model allows to study the effectof the different variables implied in it and its variation in order to have a better ther-mal control in the treatments performed. This work involves an important advance inoptimization of high-pressure processes in food industry