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Effective thermal conductivity prediction of foods using composition and temperature data by Carson, James K., Wang, Jianfeng, North, Mike F., Cleland, Donald J.

“…Thermal conductivity data are important for food process modelling and design. Where reliable thermal conductivity data are not available, they need to be…”
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Thermal conductivity bounds for isotropic, porous materials by Carson, James K., Lovatt, Simon J., Tanner, David J., Cleland, Andrew C.

“…To avoid potential misapplication of effective thermal conductivity models, materials that may be described as ‘porous’ should be divided into two classes;…”
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Could ' Isochoric Freezing ' Revolutionise Food Preservation? by Fikiin, Kostadin, Akterian, Stepan, Le Bail, Alain, Carson, James K, Eikevik, Trygve M

“…The present article responds to the food engineering community's growing interest in an emerging and lauded approach to food preservation, popularised by its…”
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Modelling Thermal Diffusivity of Heterogeneous Materials Based on Thermal Diffusivities of Components with Implications for Thermal Diffusivity and Thermal Conductivity Measurement by Carson, James K.

“…Effective thermal diffusivity models are useful for predicting thermal diffusivities of heterogeneous materials. The literature contains models that may be…”
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Predicting the effective thermal conductivity of unfrozen, porous foods by Carson, James K., Lovatt, Simon J., Tanner, David J., Cleland, Andrew C.

“…In this study, it was shown that effective thermal conductivity models that are functions only of the components’ thermal conductivities and volume fractions…”
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A Versatile Effective Thermal Diffusivity Model for Porous Materials by Carson, James K.

“…Thermal diffusivity is an important parameter for modeling transient thermal processes and there is value in being able to model thermal diffusivity of porous…”
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Use of simple thermal conductivity models to assess the reliability of measured thermal conductivity data by Carson, James K.

“…•Simple models provide bounds for credible thermal conductivity values for foods.•These bounds can be implemented simply provided composition data are…”
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The cold chain in New Zealand – A review by Carson, James K., East, Andrew R.

“…•Approximately 45% of all exports from New Zealand are food products or by-products.•An estimated 60% of foods are exported in the refrigerated state.•New…”
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A knotted and interconnected skeleton structural model for predicting Young's modulus of binary phase polymer blends by Wang, Jianfeng F., Carson, James K., North, Mike F., Cleland, Don J.

“…A knotted and interconnected skeleton structural (KISS) model is proposed for predicting Young's modulus of polymer blends. The KISS model accounts for the…”
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Thermal Diffusivity and Thermal Conductivity of Dispersed Glass Sphere Composites Over a Range of Volume Fractions by Carson, James K.

“…Glass spheres are often used as filler materials for composites. Comparatively few articles in the literature have been devoted to the measurement or modelling…”
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A new approach to modelling the effective thermal conductivity of heterogeneous materials by Wang, Jianfeng, Carson, James K., North, Mike F., Cleland, Donald J.

“…A unifying equation for five fundamental effective thermal conductivity structural models (Series, Parallel, two forms of Maxwell–Eucken, Effective Medium…”
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Thermal Performance of Selected Nanofluids with Surfactants by Kaggwa, Abdul, Atkins, Martin, Tarighaleslami, Amir, Walmsley, Michael, Carson, James K.

“…Nanofluids have been proposed for use as working fluids in order to increase energy efficiency. While a large number of studies have been performed, there is…”
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Review of effective thermal conductivity models for foods by Carson, James K.

“…The literature associated with modelling and predicting the thermal conductivities of food products has been reviewed. The uncertainty involved in thermal…”
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Thermal Conductivity Measurement and Prediction of Particulate Foods by Carson, James K

“…There is reason to question some of the published thermal conductivity data for particulate foods. It is argued in this article, based on thermal conductivity…”
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Validated numerical model of heat transfer in the forced air freezing of bulk packed whole chickens by Hoang, Duy K., Lovatt, Simon J., Olatunji, Jamal R., Carson, James K.

“…•The first CFD freezing model using CT images to generate a realistic model geometry.•Temperature-dependent thermal properties of chicken meat were…”
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A new structural model of effective thermal conductivity for heterogeneous materials with co-continuous phases by Wang, Jianfeng, Carson, James K., North, Mike F., Cleland, Donald J.

“…A new structural model for a heterogeneous material with multiple continuous phases is proposed. The corresponding equation for effective thermal conductivity…”
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Preparation and tensile properties of guar gum hydrogel films by Jussen, Daniel, Sharma, Sandeep, Carson, James K, Pickering, Kim L

“…Guar gum hydrogels may be dried to form polymer films which have the potential for use as biodegradable alternatives to polymers such as low-density…”
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Simulation of an industrial cheese chilling process by Hoang, Duy K., Olatunji, Jamal R., Lovatt, Simon J., Carson, James K.

“…•CFD model of simulated industrial cheese chilling process.•CFD model can predict to within 1 °C compared to experimental data.•Exponential models for…”
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Experimental measurement and numerical modelling of cooling rates of bulk-packed chicken drumsticks during forced-air freezing by Hoang, Duy K., Lovatt, Simon J., Olatunji, Jamal R., Carson, James K.

“…•Experimental freezing trials of packed chicken drumsticks were performed.•A numerical model for the freezing drumsticks was developed and validated.•Drumstick…”
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Measurement and Modelling of Thermal Conductivity of Sponge and Yellow Cakes as a Function of Porosity by Carson, James K

“…A review of the literature identified that there is significant scatter in the data for the thermal conductivity of cakes (including muffins). Most data have…”
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