TY - JOUR
T1 - The use of CFD to simulate temperature distribution in refrigerated containers
AU - Umeno, Yuta
AU - Hung, Duong Van
AU - Tanaka, Fumihiko
AU - Hamanaka, Daisuke
AU - Uchino, Toshitaka
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for financial support (Project No. 22380138 ).
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - Low temperature plays a very important role in postharvest storage. In this study a transient three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was applied to investigate the temperature distribution in two cold stores, whose humidity were supplied by nanomist and ultrasonic humidifiers. In order to validate with predicted data, the actual temperature and air velocities were measured inside the containers. The model was successfully validated by means of air velocity with error of 0.09 m s-1 and temperature with mean errors of 0.66 K for nanomist and 0.95 K for ultrasonic, respectively. The findings of this research can help to prove the capability of using CFD to predict the temperature distribution of refrigerated rooms.
AB - Low temperature plays a very important role in postharvest storage. In this study a transient three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was applied to investigate the temperature distribution in two cold stores, whose humidity were supplied by nanomist and ultrasonic humidifiers. In order to validate with predicted data, the actual temperature and air velocities were measured inside the containers. The model was successfully validated by means of air velocity with error of 0.09 m s-1 and temperature with mean errors of 0.66 K for nanomist and 0.95 K for ultrasonic, respectively. The findings of this research can help to prove the capability of using CFD to predict the temperature distribution of refrigerated rooms.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eaef.2015.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.eaef.2015.03.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84931863824
SN - 1881-8366
VL - 8
SP - 257
EP - 263
JO - Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food
JF - Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food
IS - 4
ER -