Application of the N-alkane molecular alloys to thermally protected containers for catering

A thermally controlled transport device was designed and tested. As hot foo d needs to be transported at temperatures between 60 and 70 degrees C in or der to avoid contamination by microorganisms, the use of Molecular Alloy Ph ase Change Materials (MAPCM) can lead to improvements in this field of appl ication. A heat transfer numerical simulation of the box used for transport ing the food was conducted. Despite obvious simplifications, a good agreeme nt between numerical simulation and experimental results was obtained. Furt hermore, we compared our experimental results with those from other experim ents related to the transport of hot food. Here, pizza is taken as the exam ple, and it is shown that delivering time can be increased three-fold.