[EN] Microwaves are a fast way to dry moist goods through volumetric heating. During the drying process, materials change their electrical properties. As a result, the impedances at the feed port of the applicator will ...
Camacho Vidal, Mª Mar; Casanova, Miguel Ángel; Fenollosa Ribera, María Loreto; Ribal Sanchis, Francisco Javier; Martínez-Lahuerta, Juan José; Martínez Navarrete, Nuria(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Fruit is a highly valuable food whose consumption should be encouraged. In addition, it would be desirable to design processes and products to channel the surplus and take advantage of the post-harvest losses that ...
Rejón Segura, Salvador(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-10-19)
[ES] El desperdicio alimentario derivado de la industria hortofrutícola constituye un grave problema ambiental, económico y social. En el caso concreto del brócoli, gran parte de su peso lo constituye el tallo, que suele ...
[EN] The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of convective air-drying at different temperatures (35, 50, 60 and 75°C) on the color of Bifurcaria bifurcata (BB) seaweed powders obtained after milling, the ...
Nogueira, Gislaine; Fakhouri, Farayde; de Oliveira, Rafael(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] his research work aimed to evaluate the physicochemical properties of arrowroot starch films plasticized with glycerol and incorporated in film-forming solution directly (D) and by sprinkling (S) with 0%, 20%, 30%, ...
Calabuig Jiménez, Laura; Barrera Puigdollers, María Cristina; Seguí Gil, Lucía; Betoret Valls, Noelia(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Producing dried powders from blueberry pomace allows to reduce its environmental impact and gives value to this waste material. This work aims to evaluate the effect of particle size (fine or coarse) of blueberry ...
Chaves, Matheus; Pinho, Samantha(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Proliposomes are dry phospholipid-based particles in which bioactives can be entrapped, and that can produce liposomal suspensions if adequately hydrated. In our study, curcumin and cholecalciferol were incorporated ...
Igual Ramo, Marta; García Martínez, Eva María; Martín-Esparza, M.E.; Martínez Navarrete, Nuria(Elsevier, 2012-07)
Apricots can be considered as a good source of phenolic compounds, which are beneficial for human health. Microwaves may be an alternative to the conventional sun or hot air drying techniques used to obtain dried apricot. ...
[EN] Mexican plum (Spondias purpurea L.) is a fruit with high nutritional content. Freeze and tray drying increases its shelf life, however non-reversible changes may ocurr. Properties as rehydration capacity and texture ...
[EN] The effects of saccharide additives on the dehydration and drying properties as well as the quality properties of dried kiwi fruit products were investigated. Sliced kiwi fruits were soaked and dehydrated in citric ...
Bailey, Jannika; Castro Giráldez, Marta; Esteves, Alfredo; Fito Suñer, Pedro José(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Solar ovens have become a very popular technology for cooking, specially, in underdeveloped countries where access to firewood is scarce, time consuming and expensive. The benefits of solar cooking are multiple, such ...
[EN] In this work the spray drying of the fresh stevia leaves aqueous extract without encapsulating agents was carried out. The effect of the inlet air temperature (160-200 ºC) and the feed flow rate (2-3 kg/h) on the total ...
Nogueira, P.; Leite Neta, M.; Araújo, H.; Jesus, M.; Shanmugam, S.; Narain, Narendra(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] The objective of this work was to optimize the drying conditions in order to obtain acerola powder and to focus on the product aroma quality. Acerola fruits were selected, washed and sanitized before extracting the ...
The aim of this work was to study the effect of temperature and air velocity on the drying kinetics and quality attributes of apple (var. Granny Smith) slices during drying. Experiments were conducted at 40, 60 and 80 °C, ...
[EN] Germinated parboiled rice (GPR) is recognized as a functional food because it is rich in bioactive compounds, especially gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). GPR was produced by soaking, incubating, steaming, and then ...
Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) gel was dried at five inlet temperatures 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 degrees C, in a convective dryer with a constant air flow of 2.0 +/- 0.2 m/s. Rehydration ratio, water holding capacity, ...
Silva-Norman, Azucena; López-Ortiz, Anabel; García-Valladares, Octavio; Pilatowsky-Figueroa, Isaac; Ramirez, J. R.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Technical performance of two solar drying technologies was evaluated: Solar Greenhouse Drying (SGD) with auxiliary heating system, and Direct Solar Drying (DSD) in order to evaluate its effect on antioxidant activity ...
[EN] In this study, the effects of drying temperature (70, 80, 90°C) and air velocity (0.5, 1.8 m/s) of hot air drying (tray drying) on quality of dried 2-phase olive pomace and system’s energy efficiency were investigated. ...
Bennaceur, Said; Bennamoun, Lyes; Mulet Pons, Antonio; Draoui, Belkacem; Cárcel Carrión, Juan Andrés(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] In this work the influence of some process variable on drying rate of henna leaves was studied. For this reason, henna leaves were dried (1 m/s) with and without ultrasound application at three temperatures, 40, 50 ...
[EN] By combining vacuum freeze drying combined with high-frequency dielectric and/or infrared heating, the drying time for frozen gels containing 1% agar with sucrose or sodium chloride was successfully shorten, and the ...