CFD MODELLING AND VALIDATION OF AMBIENT FACTORS IN EVAPORATIVE COLD STORE FOR PEACH STORAGE

Spatial variation of temperature and relative humidity were estimated with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) at top, middle and base levels for peach storage at +1 degrees C and 90% relative humidity and verified with measured data in a cold store with evaporative cooling system. Ansys Fluent Software was used for CFD modelling. CFD models were validated with sensors measurements. Results were evaluated by using descriptive statistics, relative error and variance analyses. Relative error of the CFD model was calculated as 9.77 for the ambient temperature and 1.29 for relative humidity for peach storage. The developed CFD models estimated the ambient factors with an acceptable error in the evaporative cold store for peach storage.