EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION FOR MEAT DURING FREEZING PROCESS

The prediction of freezing meat inside the cold storage is studied experimentally and numerically using CFX14.5. In the present work a prototype cold storage for meat has been designed and constructed with dimensions 1 m in length x 1 m in width x 1 m in height. Temperature distributions of regular shape of meats were determined for storage temperature -21°C inside the cold storage, where each part of meat is located in one of the three levels (bottom, medium and top) inside the cold store. The air velocity distribution has been measured by using metal vane anemometer in the directions of (x, -x, y, -y, z and -z) around the meat and the results have been used in the numerical simulations.