Unique characteristics of biologically active materials such as fruits,
vegetables, and cther products require special care in handling. Following
harvest and separation from producing plants, glucose is catabolized to
produce carbon diexide, water vapor, and heat, with attendant internal energy
generation. Consider a carton of apples, each of 80-mm diameter, which is
ventilated with air at \(5^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and a velocity of \(0.5
\mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\). The corresponding value od the heat transfer
coefficient is \(7.5 \mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{m}^{2}+\mathrm{K}\). Within each
apple thermal energy is uniformly generated at a total rate of \(4000
\mathrm{~J} / \mathrm{kg}\) - diry. The density and thermal conductivity of the
apple are \(840 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{m}^{3}\) and \(0.5 \mathrm{~W} /
\mathrm{m} \cdot \mathrm{K}\), respectively.(a) Determine the apple center and
surface temperatures.
(b) For the stacked arrangement of apples within the crate, the convection
coefficient depends on the velocity as \(h=C_{1} v^{0.02 s}\), where \(C_{1}=10.1
\mathrm{~W} / \mathrm{m}^{2}\). \(\mathrm{K} \cdot(\mathrm{m} /
\mathrm{s})^{0.05}\). Compute and plot the center and surface temperatures as a
function of the air velocity for \(0.1 \leq V \leq 1 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}\).