Improvement of Air Chamber of Shrimp Freezer

Authors

  • ชัญญา อุไรจารี
  • จารุพล สุริยวนากุล
  • เกียรติฟ้า ตั้งใจจิต

Keywords:

Computational fluid dynamics, Airflow, Freezer, Improvement of freezer.

Abstract

        This research presents the simulation of air flow in the air chamber of shrimp freezer. The frozen process is important because discharging airflow from air chamber influences the quality of the product, dependent on the duration of freezing time, temperature, and air velocity. The objective of this study is to improve the air flow by modifying the direction of the air inlet and to analyze by using program SC/Tetra V.13. The results from the simulation show that the improved model improved air-flow rate-uniformity at the outlet increasing by 13.57% from the SD compared to the original model

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Published

2020-06-22

How to Cite

[1]
อุไรจารี ช. ., สุริยวนากุล จ. . ., and ตั้งใจจิต เ. . . . . . ., “Improvement of Air Chamber of Shrimp Freezer”, Eng. & Technol. Horiz., vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 29–34, Jun. 2020.

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 3 (2017): July - September

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Research Articles

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