Title
Freezing time of an infinite cylinder and sphere using the method of lines
Other title
[Temps de congélation d'un cylindre infini et d'une sphère en utilisant la méthode des lignes]
Date Issued
01 August 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Ferreira S.R.
Souza D.F.S.
Oliveira J.A.
University Federal of the Paraíba
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
An energy balance model has been developed to simulate freezing processes for infinite cylinders and spheres. The mathematical model (1) was numerically solved using the method of lines. In this method, spatial derivatives are discretized by the finite difference method and the resulting system of ordinary differential equations in time is integrated using an appropriate solver. Freezing times obtained with the proposed model were compared to experimental data and results calculated by different published methods. The freezing times predicted by the proposed model agreed well with the published experimental results and predictions by other published methods. Model (1) gives a percentage error in the range −4.61 ≤ E (%) ≤ 6.81, which includes the experimental data for the 123 spheres analyzed and 30 infinite cylinders, within range −2.96 ≤ E (%) ≤ 3.34.
Start page
37
End page
49
Volume
68
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica Ingeniería química
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85008670910
Source
International Journal of Refrigeration
ISSN of the container
01407007
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