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FREEZING TIMES OF PACKAGED SEAFOODS.

Author(s) : SYKES S. J.

Summary

FOUR SEA PRODUCTS, REPRESENTING AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET: SHRIMPS, LOBSTER TAILS, SEA EARS AND ORANGE ROUGHY FILLETS, WERE PACKED IN CORRUGATED CARTON AND THEN FROZEN IN AN AIR BLAST. AIR SPEED VARIES FROM 1.5 TO 6.5 M/S AND MEAN TEMPERATURES FROM -30 TO -40 DEG C. THE FREEZING TIMES RANGE FROM 9 TO 16 HOURS. A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE PLANK EQUATION WAS USED. IN SOME CASES,THE CALCULATED VALUES WERE 50% LOWER THAN THE MEASURED ONES.

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  • Original title: FREEZING TIMES OF PACKAGED SEAFOODS.
  • Record ID : 1990-1504
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Refrigeration for food and people.
  • Publication date: 1988/09/05
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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