Application of the N-Alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for catering

A thermally controlled transport device was designed and tested. As hot food needs to be transported at temperatures between 60 and 70ºC in order to avoid contamination by microorganisms, the use of Molecular Alloy Phase Change Materials (MAPCM) can lead to improvements in this field of application....

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Main Authors: Arjona, F., Calvet, T., Cuevas-Diarte, M. A., Métivaud, V., Mondieig, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2000-08-01
Series:Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio
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Online Access:http://ceramicayvidrio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/ceramicayvidrio/article/view/816/844
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spelling doaj-575105b5f3d341da93a24c9d942bab9c2020-11-25T01:11:36ZengElsevierBoletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio0366-31752000-08-01394548551Application of the N-Alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for cateringArjona, F.Calvet, T.Cuevas-Diarte, M. A.Métivaud, V.Mondieig, D.A thermally controlled transport device was designed and tested. As hot food needs to be transported at temperatures between 60 and 70ºC in order to avoid contamination by microorganisms, the use of Molecular Alloy Phase Change Materials (MAPCM) can lead to improvements in this field of application. A heat transfer numerical simulation of the box used for transporting the food was conducted. Despite obvious simplifications, a good agreement between numerical simulation and experimental results was obtained. Furthermore, we compared our experimental results with those from other experiments related to the transport of hot food. Here, pizza is taken as the example, and it is shown that delivering time can be increased three-fold.<br><br>Para evitar la proliferación de microorganismos, los alimentos cocinados deben ser transportados a temperaturas entre 60 y 70ºC. Los Materiales con Cambio de Fase a base de Aleaciones Moleculares (MAPCM) representan una solución en este tipo de aplicaciones. Para ello hemos diseñado y probado un contenedor que permite el transporte a temperatura controlada. Se ha realizado la experimentación y simulación numérica de la transferencia de calor en el dispositivo con el objetivo de determinar su rendimiento. A pesar de las necesarias simplificaciones, hemos obtenido un buen acuerdo entre resultados experimentales y de simulación. En este trabajo hemos tomado el transporte de pizzas como ejemplo, mostrando que el tiempo de protección térmica puede ser incrementado utilizando aleaciones moleculares.http://ceramicayvidrio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/ceramicayvidrio/article/view/816/844Molecular alloystemperature controlled containerthermal storagecateringAleaciones molecularescontenedor a temperatura controladaprotección térmicacatering
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author Arjona, F.
Calvet, T.
Cuevas-Diarte, M. A.
Métivaud, V.
Mondieig, D.
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Calvet, T.
Cuevas-Diarte, M. A.
Métivaud, V.
Mondieig, D.
Application of the N-Alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for catering
Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio
Molecular alloys
temperature controlled container
thermal storage
catering
Aleaciones moleculares
contenedor a temperatura controlada
protección térmica
catering
author_facet Arjona, F.
Calvet, T.
Cuevas-Diarte, M. A.
Métivaud, V.
Mondieig, D.
author_sort Arjona, F.
title Application of the N-Alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for catering
title_short Application of the N-Alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for catering
title_full Application of the N-Alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for catering
title_fullStr Application of the N-Alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for catering
title_full_unstemmed Application of the N-Alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for catering
title_sort application of the n-alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for catering
publisher Elsevier
series Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio
issn 0366-3175
publishDate 2000-08-01
description A thermally controlled transport device was designed and tested. As hot food needs to be transported at temperatures between 60 and 70ºC in order to avoid contamination by microorganisms, the use of Molecular Alloy Phase Change Materials (MAPCM) can lead to improvements in this field of application. A heat transfer numerical simulation of the box used for transporting the food was conducted. Despite obvious simplifications, a good agreement between numerical simulation and experimental results was obtained. Furthermore, we compared our experimental results with those from other experiments related to the transport of hot food. Here, pizza is taken as the example, and it is shown that delivering time can be increased three-fold.<br><br>Para evitar la proliferación de microorganismos, los alimentos cocinados deben ser transportados a temperaturas entre 60 y 70ºC. Los Materiales con Cambio de Fase a base de Aleaciones Moleculares (MAPCM) representan una solución en este tipo de aplicaciones. Para ello hemos diseñado y probado un contenedor que permite el transporte a temperatura controlada. Se ha realizado la experimentación y simulación numérica de la transferencia de calor en el dispositivo con el objetivo de determinar su rendimiento. A pesar de las necesarias simplificaciones, hemos obtenido un buen acuerdo entre resultados experimentales y de simulación. En este trabajo hemos tomado el transporte de pizzas como ejemplo, mostrando que el tiempo de protección térmica puede ser incrementado utilizando aleaciones moleculares.
topic Molecular alloys
temperature controlled container
thermal storage
catering
Aleaciones moleculares
contenedor a temperatura controlada
protección térmica
catering
url http://ceramicayvidrio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/ceramicayvidrio/article/view/816/844
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