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An investigation of uncertainties in determining convective heat transfer during immersion frying using the general uncertainty management framework

Håkansson, Andreas LU (2019) In Journal of Food Engineering 263. p.424-436
Abstract

Although extensively studied (and of large importance for food processing) there is still no general consensus on the time-dependent convective heat transfer coefficient (h) in immersion frying – reported values differ by orders of magnitude (4–7000 W m−2 K−1). Moreover, none of the many methods suggested have become a generally agreed upon standard. This study uses the general uncertainty management (GUM) framework to analyze the standard uncertainties in four commonly used methods to measure h in immersion frying. It is concluded that the uncertainties (when including all sources of uncertainty in a systematic manner using the GUM) are often substantially larger than previously reported (up to 100% relative... (More)

Although extensively studied (and of large importance for food processing) there is still no general consensus on the time-dependent convective heat transfer coefficient (h) in immersion frying – reported values differ by orders of magnitude (4–7000 W m−2 K−1). Moreover, none of the many methods suggested have become a generally agreed upon standard. This study uses the general uncertainty management (GUM) framework to analyze the standard uncertainties in four commonly used methods to measure h in immersion frying. It is concluded that the uncertainties (when including all sources of uncertainty in a systematic manner using the GUM) are often substantially larger than previously reported (up to 100% relative uncertainty), i.e., some methods used in previous studies are very sensitive to measurement uncertainties. This can help explain the large variation in previously reported h-values. Comparisons between methods suggest that evaporation rate based methods (with numerical differentiation) provide the highest reliability.

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Convective heat transfer, Deep-fat frying, Experimental design, Heat transfer coefficients, Immersion frying, Uncertainty management
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Journal of Food Engineering
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263
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13 pages
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:85069966901
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0260-8774
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10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2019.07.024
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  author       = {{Håkansson, Andreas}},
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  keywords     = {{Convective heat transfer; Deep-fat frying; Experimental design; Heat transfer coefficients; Immersion frying; Uncertainty management}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  pages        = {{424--436}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Food Engineering}},
  title        = {{An investigation of uncertainties in determining convective heat transfer during immersion frying using the general uncertainty management framework}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2019.07.024}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2019.07.024}},
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