Chilling

by kavin

Chilling
Temperature of a food is reduced to between
-1 C and +8 C
To extend the shelf-life of fresh and processed
foods.
Reduction of rate of biochemical and
microbiological changes

Grouping of Chilled food

Chilled
foods
(storage temp)

-1 to +1 C
(e.g. fresh fish,
meats)

0 to +5 C
(e.g. milk,
cream)

0 to 8 C
( fully cooked
meat and rice)

Chilling Methods

mechanical
vapourcompression

cryogenics

Mechanical vapourcompression

an evaporator,
a compressor,
a condenser
an expansion valve

A refrigerant circulates
between these four
components

Mechanical vapour-compression
(Pressure enthalpy charts)

The coefficient of performance (COP)

Ratio of the heat absorbed by the refrigerant in the
evaporator and the heat equivalence of energy supplied to
the compressor

H1(KJ/Kg)-enthalpy of refrigerant leaving the condenser

H2(KJ/Kg)-Enthalphy of refrigerant entering the condensor
H3 (KJ/Kg)-enthalpy of refrigerant leaving the compressor

The work done on the refrigerant in the compressor (qw(kw))

The rate of heat removed in the condenser(qc (kW))

 The difference in enthalpy between the inlet and outlet to

the evaporator (known as the`refrigeration effect')

 To chill fresh foods it is necessary to remove both sensible

heat (also known as `fieldheat') and heat generated by
respiratory activity
The production of respiratory heat at 20 0C and atmospheric
pressure is

The rate of heat removed from a cold store or food is

known as the cooling (or refrigeration) load.
The refrigerant flowrate

Optimum storage condtion for fruits and Veg

Cryogenic chilling
A cryogen is a `total-loss' refrigerant that cools foods by
absorbing latent heat as it changes phase. Cryogenic
chillers use solid CO2, liquefied CO2 or liquefied nitrogen

Chilling equipments
CO2 is preferred for chilling,CO2 has a higher
boiling/sublimation point than nitrogen
CO2 does not require gas-handling equipment
to extractmost of the heat capacity.
For solid foods, the chilling medium in
mechanically cooled chillers may be air,
water,brine or metal surface

Thank you