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Modeling the Fluid Dynamics in a Human Stomach to Gain Insight of Food Digestion by Ferrua, M.J, Singh, R.P

“…During gastric digestion, food is disintegrated by a complex interaction of chemical and mechanical effects. Although the mechanisms of chemical digestion are…”
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Quantifying and visualising variation in batch operations: A new heterogeneity index by Olatunji, J.R., Love, R.J., Shim, Y.M., Ferrua, M.J., East, A.R.

“…Heterogeneity, a distribution of rates and achieved temperatures, during bulk chilling, drying and freezing processes can be a leading cause of losses and…”
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Modeling the forced-air cooling process of fresh strawberry packages, Part I: Numerical model by Ferrua, M.J., Singh, R.P.

“…A numerical analysis of the forced-air cooling process of retail packages of strawberries was performed by solving the conservation equations of mass, momentum…”
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Improved airflow method and packaging system for forced-air cooling of strawberries by Ferrua, M.J., Singh, R.P.

“…The package system designs currently used by the strawberry industry are largely based on empirical techniques and have limited the efficiency of forced-air…”
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Modeling the forced-air cooling process of fresh strawberry packages, Part II: Experimental validation of the flow model by Ferrua, M.J., Singh, R.P.

“…The aim of this study was to validate a previously developed mathematical model for predicting the airflow behavior within individual packages of strawberries…”
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Design guidelines for the forced-air cooling process of strawberries by Ferrua, M.J., Singh, R.P.

“…The complex structure of the package systems currently used by the strawberry industry has prevented an efficient design of the forced-air cooling process. In…”
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Modeling the forced-air cooling process of fresh strawberry packages, Part III: Experimental validation of the energy model by Ferrua, M.J., Singh, R.P.

“…The aim of this study was to validate a mathematical model previously developed for predicting the cooling rate of individual packages of strawberries…”
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A nonintrusive flow measurement technique to validate the simulated laminar fluid flow in a packed container with vented walls by Ferrua, M.J., Singh, R.P.

“…A nonintrusive flow measurement technique (particle image velocimetry) was used to determine the airflow field in a package with a container-to-product…”
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