[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 ...
[EN] The drying of Eucalyptus nitens is a troublesome process as the species is extremely prone to drying defects. This paper reports ongoing research to improve the understanding of surface checking and cell collapse in ...
[EN] Commercial drying methods are limited either by high production costs or significant quality loss due to process-related stresses. The near-ubiquitous use of freeze-drying in the pharmaceutical industry makes it the ...
[EN] Pore-network simulations are carried out for monomodal and bimodal pore structures with spatially correlated pore-size distributions. The internal and surface relationships between the partial vapor pressure and ...
[EN] Thermal properties of brown seaweeds (Saccharina latissima) were determined using DSC technique in the temperature range between -150.0 and 50.0 °C. The following phase transitions were detected: glass transitions, ...
[EN] his study discusses the influence of temperature and total moisture content on ice fraction in organic apples during atmospheric freeze-drying process. The ice formation of glass transition events were described by ...
Ruprecht, Nora; Kohlus, Reinhard(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The residence time distribution (RTD) in a pilot plant spray dryer was characterised for two kinds of air distributors (centrifugal and parallel flow) and for different atomizing air pressures. To determine the RTD - ...
Chigozie, Offurum; Morgan, C.M.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The water content determination of two maize species (Yellow corn- and White corn- ) located at Ohaji in Imo State of Nigeria were considered in this study. This was motivated by the regular reported cases of the ...
[EN] Puffing is an attractive alternative for the production of healthy crisp snacks without frying. Although image analysis has been used in some prior studies to evaluate puffing, such an evaluation was made only in one ...
Sharma, Sadhana; Nema, P. H.; Emanuel, N.; Singha, S.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Nowadays, there is high consumer demand in the market for simple to prepare, convenient, healthy and natural foods. Paneer or Indian cottage cheese is an acid and heat coagulated milk product which serves as a rich ...
Igual Ramo, Marta; Castelló Gómez, María Luisa; Roda, Eva; Ortolá Ortolá, Mª Dolores(De GruyterBerkeley Electronic Press, 2011)
In this work the authors have studied the effect of hot-air drying with or without a previous osmotic dehydration pretreatment to produce dried cut persimmon with a different geometry (slices and sectors). A kinetic study ...
[EN] Hot water extract of sugar and red maple bark was added to maple syrup and dried by freeze (FD) and vacuum drum drying (VD) techniques. Addition of maple bark extracts to syrup helped to develop polyphenols-enriched ...
[EN] The influence of minimal processing by osmotic treatment and cold storage on the volatile profile of mango was studied by comparison with the volatile profile of fresh samples. Osmotic treatments, at atmospheric ...
[EN] In this work, an isothermal pore network model has been utilized to investigate ion transport and crystallization in layerd porous media during drying. Said network consists of two distinct layers each with a different ...
Santa Isabel Bosqued, Daniel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-09-14)
[ES] En el presente trabajo se estudia la viabilidad económica y técnica de diversas alternativas de deshidratación de los lodos procedentes de la limpieza de gases del secado de viruta para tablero aglomerado. Además, se ...
Whaley, Michael; Poandl, F.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The evaporation of water is a major energy consumer around the world where the evaporation of water from agricultural products, natural resources, processed foods and feeds, and petrochemical products is required for ...
Ahmad-Qasem Mateo, Margarita Hussam; Ahmad-Qasem, B.; Barrajon-Catalan, Enrique; Micol-Molina, Vicente; Carcel Carrión, Juan Andrés; García Pérez, José Vicente(Elsevier, 2016)
[EN] There is an increasing demand for natural antioxidants in the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries which has led to the search not only for natural extracts but also for strategies with which to increase ...
[EN] In order to conserve cuminum cyminum L. during long storage periods, the drying kinetics of this seed undergoing microwave-assisted fluidized bed dryer at various microwave output power (300, 600 and 900w), air velocity ...
Satimehin, A.; Oluwamukomi, M.; Enujiugha, V. N.; Bello, M.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] This study was conducted to determine the drying characteristics of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) at 50, 60 and 70 °C. Pleurotus ostreatus were cleaned and dried in a laboratory cabinet dryer. The drying data ...