A 10 cm-thick beef steak is being frozen in a -40°C room. The product has 73% moisture content, density of 970 kg/m3, and thermal conductivity (frozen) of 1.1 W/(mK). Estimate the freezing time using Plank’s equation. The product has an initial freezing temperature of -1.75°C, and the movement of air in the freezing room provides a convective heat-transfer coefficient of 10 W/(m2K).

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A 10 cm-thick beef steak is being frozen in a -40°C room. The product has 73% moisture content, density of 970 kg/m3, and thermal conductivity (frozen) of 1.1 W/(mK). Estimate the freezing time using Plank’s equation. The product has an initial freezing temperature of -1.75°C, and the movement of air in the freezing room provides a convective heat-transfer coefficient of 10 W/(m2K).

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