A company owns a refrigeration system whoserefrigeration capacity is 200 tons (1 ton of refrigeration =211 kJ/min), and you are to design a forced-air cooling systemfor fruits whose diameters do not exceed 7 cm under the followingconditions:The fruits are to be cooled from 28°C to an average temperatureof 8°C. The air temperature is to remain above -2°Cand below 10°C at all times, and the velocity of air approachingthe fruits must remain under 2 m/s. The cooling section canbe as wide as 3.5 m and as high as 2 m.Assuming reasonable values for the average fruit density,specific heat, and porosity (the fraction of air volume in a box), recommend reasonable values for the quantities related to the thermal aspects of the forced-air cooling, including (a) how long the fruits need to remain in the cooling section, (b) the length of the cooling section, (c) the air velocity approaching the cooling section, (d) the product cooling capacity of the system, in kg fruit/h, (e) the volume flow rate of air, and (f) the type of heat exchanger for the evaporator and the surface area on the air side.
A company owns a refrigeration system whose
refrigeration capacity is 200 tons (1 ton of refrigeration =
211 kJ/min), and you are to design a forced-air cooling system
for fruits whose diameters do not exceed 7 cm under the following
conditions:
The fruits are to be cooled from 28°C to an average temperature
of 8°C. The air temperature is to remain above -2°C
and below 10°C at all times, and the velocity of air approaching
the fruits must remain under 2 m/s. The cooling section can
be as wide as 3.5 m and as high as 2 m.
Assuming reasonable values for the average fruit density,
specific heat, and porosity (the fraction of air volume in a box), recommend reasonable values for the quantities related to the
thermal aspects of the forced-air cooling, including (a) how
long the fruits need to remain in the cooling section, (b) the
length of the cooling section, (c) the air velocity approaching
the cooling section, (d) the product cooling capacity of the system,
in kg fruit/h, (e) the volume flow rate of air, and (f) the
type of heat exchanger for the evaporator and the surface area
on the air side.
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