Abstract
A realistic approach is to experimentally determine sterilization/decontamination times for a limited number of parameters and develop a numerical model whose predicted values can be checked against experimental values. This study summarizes the status of work to develop general guidelines from both experimental and analytical studies. A 3l6L stainless steel tube was used to study effects of distance up the tube and tube orientation on temperature profiles and sterilization times. The finite element, model for the dead-end tube requires solution of the continuity, one species diffusion, energy and momentum equations. An expected rate of biological kill is computed from the temperature-concentration data and compared to experiemental results.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Bioprocess Engineering Symposium - 1991 |
| Publisher | Publ by ASME |
| Pages | 71-72 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 21 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0791808947 |
| State | Published - 1991 |
| Event | Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Atlanta, GA, USA Duration: Dec 1 1991 → Dec 6 1991 |
Other
| Other | Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
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| City | Atlanta, GA, USA |
| Period | 12/1/91 → 12/6/91 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Engineering(all)