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OBJECTIVES |
- Develop a numerical tool (finite element based) for an accurate simulation of food preservation processes such as:
- Sterilization
- Pasteurization
- Freezing
- Drying
- Definition of an user friendly interface
- Exhaustive experimental and numerical validation
- Integrated CAD environment for complex geometry definition
- Pre-defined geometry data-base for canning industry
- User friendly interface for the definition of:
- Process preservation parameters
- Nutrients and micro-organisms kinetics parameters
- Food macromolecular composition
- Environment characterization: Temperature and H.R.
- Coupled heat and mass transfer F.E. based kernel
- Post-processing of results:
- temperature evolution
- moisture evolution
- microorganisms and nutrients kinetics
- etc.
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