An initial approach to modeling the tunnel freezing process treated as a system, identifying the factors for intelligent control, and estimating operational parameters using simulation has been discussed in this paper.
The two variables considered for intelligent control are the conveyor speed and the operating tonnage of the freezer.
Computer simulation was used to test the performance of the system for different thermal load distributions and compare the results to those associated with the conservative approach.
The intelligently controlled variables in each of the three scenarios were the conveyor speed, operating tonnage, and both operating tonnage and conveyor speed respectively.