title: Operational cost minimization of heat pump for milk pasteurization in dairy.
abstract: A thermo economic optimization analysis is presented yielding simple algebraic formula for estimating the optimum operating conditions of interconnected heat pump assisted milk pasteurizing systems. The overall operational cost method including the cost of auxiliary heater is used in the present study, together with the thermal analyses of all system components, for thermo economic analysis of the system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Gaziantep, 27310 Gaziantep, Turkey. sait@gantep.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mehmet Sait
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Söylemez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003612:Dairying / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005511:Food Handling / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005519:Food Preservation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005524:Food Technology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008892:Milk / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards