Kechaou, Nabil; Ammar, E(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The Municipal Solid Waste of Agareb (Sfax –Tunisia), characterized by high organic fraction and moisture contents is the most worrying pollution source that must be managed by innovative treatment and recycling ...
Nogueira, Gislaine; Fakhouri, Farayde; de Oliveira, Rafael(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The objective of this research work was to obtain blackberry pulp powder (BL, without encapsulating agent) and microencapsulated blackberry pulp (ML, with encapsulating agent :mixture of starch arrowroot and gum arabic ...
[EN] We live in a world that usually use plastic bags either to go shopping or to pack the snack for a short trip. However, packaging makes life easier and serves as protection for products such as food. Bread is a common ...
[EN] The broadband reduction of the specular reflections by sonic crystals (SCs) is theoretically and experimentally reported in this work. The analysed system consists of a sound source radiating a SC made of acoustically ...
Zhao, Lijuan; Wang, Dandan; Du, Tengfei; Yang, Junhong; Li, Jianguo; Wu, Zhonghua(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] This paper is aiming to study experimentally the bubbling and drying characteristic of fructooligosaccharides syrup in the belt drying process. A series of bubble images were acquired by a high-speed image acquisition ...
Rufai, Ayorinde; Crawshaw, John(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] We carried out drying studies on a 2.5D micromodel based on a thin section of a carbonate rock to investigate the impact of wettability on the capillary disconnect, the moment when liquid films de-pin from the external ...
[EN] Process modeling of conveyer dryer for cellulosic fibre drying demands many fundamental insights. Present study highlights detailed cellulosic fibre drying aspects like mass transfer correlation relating mass transfer ...
[EN] In this study the operation of spray drying chambers fitted by the multi-stream monodisperse atomizer was simulated by the previously developed CFD model of skim milk spray drying. A series of CFD simulations of skim ...
Jamil Ur Rahman, Umair; Baiazitov, Ilias; Pozarlik, Artur; Brem, Gerrit(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] In order to develop an alternative spray drying technology, a high drying rate in a smaller volume must be achieved. In this paper, results of CFD study are presented, carried out to investigate the possibility of ...
[EN] This research developed an apple snack with potential probiotic effect (> 107 CFU/g) by combining vacuum impregnation with Lactobacillus salivarius spp. salivarius (CECT 4063) and freeze-drying. Throughout storage ...
De Souza Lima, Roger; Gutierez, Gaëtan; Arlabosse, Patricia; Re, Maria-Inês(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Spray drying has become not merely a drying process, but also an important tool for engineering solid structures, specially for multi-component feeds. In that way, it is important to know how the drying conditions and ...
Öztürk, Burcu; Serdaroğlu, Meltem(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] In this study, we aimed to investigate chemical and technological characteristics of oven-dried Jerusalem artichoke powder (JAP) to be further incorporated into emulsified chicken meatballs (with/without sodium ...
[EN] In this paper, the effect of spray droplets on the coating of cold spherical particles was studied.The microcapsule granulator produces micron-sized droplets to coat the spherical particles in cold storage, and the ...
[EN] Combined effects of sodium carbonate (SC) pretreatment and hybrid drying methods (freeze drying-instant controlled pressure drop drying (FD-ICPDD), hot air drying (HAD-ICPDD) on nutritional and antioxidant properties ...
[EN] The two-phase theory has been frequently used to model fluidised bed drying. At high air velocities, a transition from the bubbling regime to the turbulent regime may occur. In this work, we compare a bubbling model ...
[EN] Three numerical methods, finite differences, finite volume and finite element, were compared to know their convenience in the simulation of convective drying of fruit slices. The mathematical treatment, the stability, ...
Afshar, S.; Jubaer, H.; Chen, B.; Xiao, J.; Chen, X. D.; Woo, M. W.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Self-sustained fluctuating airflow behaviour in spray drying chambers is in essence an unsteady phenomenon requiring the transient CFD simulation framework. There is currently, however, a mixture of steady state and ...
[EN] Drying is one of the most energy intensive unit operations. It easily accounts for up to 15% of all industrial energy consumption. In the most drying processes heat is required to evaporate moisture which is later ...
[EN] Air drying kinetics of Bifurcaria bifurcata brown seaweed at 35, 50, 60 and 75°C were determined. Experimental drying data were modelled using two-parameter Page model (n, k). Page parameter n was constant (1.28) at ...
Bahloul, Neila; Balti, M. A.; Guellouze, M. S.; Kechaou, Nabil(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The present study aims to find the best drying method to minimize the duration of the operation while respecting the nutritional value of the product. Experiments of convective drying and microwave radiation were ...