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Milk Cooling Process and Temperature Equation

The document describes a milk tank that cools warm milk by removing heat via a refrigeration compressor. It derives an equation to describe how the temperature of the milk in the insulated, perfectly mixed tank varies over time as warm milk is continuously added from the milking parlor and cooled by the compressor. The equation shows that the temperature decreases over time and depends on the initial and total volumes of milk, the heat removal rate, and the milk addition rate. It then uses the parameter values provided to calculate the temperature at the end of milking and the time required to cool the milk to 35°F.

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Milk Cooling Process and Temperature Equation

The document describes a milk tank that cools warm milk by removing heat via a refrigeration compressor. It derives an equation to describe how the temperature of the milk in the insulated, perfectly mixed tank varies over time as warm milk is continuously added from the milking parlor and cooled by the compressor. The equation shows that the temperature decreases over time and depends on the initial and total volumes of milk, the heat removal rate, and the milk addition rate. It then uses the parameter values provided to calculate the temperature at the end of milking and the time required to cool the milk to 35°F.

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A milk tank on a dairy farm is equipped with a refrigeration compressor which removes q (BTU/min) of heat

from the warm milk. The insulated, perfectly mixed tank is initially filled with V0 (ft3) of warm milk (99.5 ◦F).
The compressor is then turned on and begins to chill down the milk. At the same time fresh warm (99.5 ◦F) milk
is continously added at a constant rate F (ft3/min) through a milk pipeline from the milking parlor. The total
volume after all cows have been milked is VT (ft3).

Derive the equation describing how the temperature T of the milk in the tank varies with time. Solve for T(t).
What is the temperature of the milk at the end of the milking? How long does it take to chill the milk down to 35
◦
F? Parameter values are F = 1 ft3/min, ρ = 62.3 lbm/ft3, Cp =1BTU/lbm◦F,V0 =5ft3,VT =100ft3,q=300BTU/min.

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Solution

d(VT) q
From t = 0 to t = 95 min, the temperature variation in the tank and volume are described by: =FT0− (1)

(2) (3)
After t = 95 min, temperature variation is decribed by: dT q
=−

The product VT as a function of time is:

dt Cpρ V = V0 + F t

q1
dt Cp ρVT sTV−T0V0=FT0−

TV q1
ρCp s TV= 0 0+FT0−

q
s ρCps2 TV(t)=T0V0+FT0− t

ρCp
The value of temperature is obtained dividing the previous expression by V0 + F t:
ρCp
T0V0+FT0− q t T(t) =

V0 +Ft
At the end of the milking process, the temperature is T95 = 94.9◦F. After the milking process, we

have:

valve:

τs Pv(s) τs+1 CO(s)


G(s) = =

qt
T=T95− Cp ρVT

The time required to cool the milk to 35◦F is 1244 min.

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