201702 PABLOM 13

Equations

Unique characteristics of biologically active materials

such as fruits, vegetables, and other products
require special care in handling. Following harvest
and separation from producing plants, glucose is
catabolized to produce carbon dioxide, water vapor,
and heat, with attendant internal energy generation.
Consider a carton of apples, each of 80-mm diameter,
which is ventilated with air at 5C and a velocity
of 0.5 m/s. The corresponding value of the heat transfer
coefficient is 7.5 W/m2 K. Within each apple
thermal energy is uniformly generated at a total rate
of 4000 J/kg day. The density and thermal conductivity
of the apple are 840 kg/m3 and 0.5 W/m K,
respectively.
Tinf = 5 + 273 (1)
Vinf = 0, 5 (2)
P = 1 [atm] (3)
r = 0, 04 [m] (4)
h = 7, 5 W/m2K
 
(5)

V olesf e = (4/3) · π · r3 (6)

ρ = 840 Kg/m3
 
(7)
qdia = 4000 [J/Kg] (8)
qV olu = qdia · ρ · (1/24) · (1/360) (9)
K = 0, 5 [W/mK] (10)
r0 = 0 (11)

Para poder calcular la temperatura en la superficie Ts

−h · 4 · π · r2 · (Ts − Tinf ) + (qvolu ) · (V olesf e ) = 0


(12)

Temperatura de la superficie Ts =278,7 [K]

para poder calcular la temperatura en el interior de las manzanas T0

!
qV olu · r2 r02
 
T0 = · 1− 2 + Ts (13)
6·K r

Temperatura en el interior de la manzana T0 =278,9 [K]

Solution

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h = 7, 5 W/m2K K = 0, 5 [W/mK]
P = 1 [atm] qdia = 4000 [J/kg]
qV olu = 388, 9  r = 0, 04 [m]
ρ = 840 kg/m3 r0 = 0
T0 = 278, 9 Tinf = 278 [C]
Ts = 278, 7 [C] V olesf e = 0, 0002681
Vinf = 0, 5