<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/16596" mdate="2013-09-20 00:00:00"> <author>Hala Yassine and Herv茅 Noel and Pascal Le Bideau and Patrick Glouannec</author> <title>Cooling of Fresh Vegetable Farm Produce Experimental and Numerical Studies</title> <pages>838 - 847</pages> <year>2013</year> <volume>7</volume> <number>9</number> <journal>International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/16596</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/81</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Following harvest, fresh produce needs to be cooled immediately in a room where the air temperature and the relative air humidity are controlled to maintain the produce quality. In this paper, an experimental study for forced air cooling of fresh produce (cauliflower) is performed using a pilot developed within our laboratory. Furthermore, a numerical simulation of spherical produces, taking into account the aerodynamic aspect and also the heat transfer in the produce and in the air, was carried out using a finite element method. At the end of this communication, experimental results are presented and compared with the simulation. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 81, 2013</index> </article>