Re: Amount of Ice to Chiil Fish

From: Ted Labuza (tplabuza@tc.umn.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 14 2000 - 08:11:54 PDT

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    Responding to the message of <00b301bfed4f$06d0a6c0$2c2b2fd1@temp.klis.com>
    from bellcom@klis.com:
    >
    >
    > There must be an easy was to determine how much ice should be added to a =
    > known quantity fish to chill it to a determined temperature knowing how =
    > much fish one has and what the temperature is before adding ice. Anybody =
    > out there know what it is and is willing to share it?
    >
    >Simple enough essentially a heat balance

    1st assumption all heat losses due soley to exchange

    units I will use english

    terms: Specific heat Cp Btu/lb F for water = 1 for fish depends on fat range
    is 0.7 to 0.85 specific heat of ice = 0.5

             latent heat of fusion HL = 144 Btu/lb
             Mi mass of ice thawed = MW mass of liquid water warmed
             Mf = mass of fish

    Ti = initial ice temperature Tfi = initial fish temperature F TFF = final
    fish temperature

    assme all ice thaws and then warms as water to the tempeature that the fish
    cools to so calculate ice melt heat (latent) plus ice warming heat (Ti to 32
    which is sensible) the water warm heat (32 to final temperature Tff)

    equation:
    Ice latent heat+ ice sensible heat + water sansible heat = fish sensible heat
    change

    (Mi * HL) +Mi *Cpi (32 - Ti)+ Mw Cpw * (Tff-32) = Mf*Cpf(Tfi-Tff)

    since assume Mi = Mw then Mi =Mf*Cpf(Tfi-Tff) Divided
    by(Hl+Cpi(32-Ti)+Cpw(Tff-32))

    simple algebra

    errors involved

    not all ice metls and some heat loss to container and air

    Better use excess ice as get more bang for your buck from fusion heat also
    using exact amount woud end up taking very long Over cing speeds the rate

    Dr Ted Labuza tplabuza@tc.umn.edu
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