X-Message-Number: 17788 Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:45:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: pressure shift freezing Citations: 1-2 <1> Title High-presssure shift freezing. Part 2. Modeling of freezing times for a finite cylindrical model. Source Biotechnology Progress. 16(6):1037-43, 2000 Nov-Dec. Abstract A comprehensive vision of the heat transfer process involved in high-pressure shift freezing (HPSF) is shown in comparison to the process at atmospheric pressure. In addition, a mathematical model to predict the freezing times is presented. This model takes into consideration the dependence of the thermophysical properties relating to temperature and pressure and the supercooling reached by liquid water at atmospheric pressure after adiabatic expansion in the HPSF process. Experimental and theoretical data appear to agree. <2> Title High-pressure shift freezing. Part 1. Amount of ice instantaneously formed in the process. Source Biotechnology Progress. 16(6):1030-6, 2000 Nov-Dec. Abstract A mathematical model to calculate the amount of ice formed instantaneously after a rapid expansion in high-pressure shift processes (HPSF) was developed. It considers that when water is expanded it does not extend over its melting curve but reaches a metastable state (supercooled water), which also occurs in practice. Theoretical results appear to agree with experimental data. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17788