[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 ...
[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 ...
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 ...
[EN] Turmeric (Curcuma longa), belongs to Zingiberaceae family. The rhizomes contain bioactive compounds of the curcuminoids group (natural phenols). They are used in food and pharmaceutical industry. The aim of this ...
Hernández-Carrión, M.; Moyano-Molano, M.; Ricaurte, L.; Moreno, F.L.; Quintanilla-Carvajal, Maria(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Nanoencapsulation is an efficient process to incorporate high nutritional oils, such as high oleic palm oil (HOPO). Several drying technologies can be applied for obtaining HOPO powders. The aim of this work was to ...
[EN] The commercial value of stevia dehydrated leaves is related to the content of glycocides and their appearance. The present work approaches the effect of packed bed drying conditions (temperature, flow rate and solid ...
Fonteles, Thatyane; do Nascimento, Ronnyely; Rodrigues, Sueli; Fernandes, Fabiano(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Fluidized bed drying is a method for controlled and mild drying of wetThis study aimed to evaluate the effects of ozone pretreatment on drying of green apple carried out in a fluidized bed dryer to determine drying ...
[EN] This study investigated the influence of the intermittent drying conditions on drying kinetics and on color and carotenoid retention of mangoes. The drying conditions were 95°C (40 min) and 80°C (40 min) in the first ...
[EN] Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) drying is a novel non-thermal dewatering technology using electric discharge in air to enhance dehydration of heatsensitive biomaterials. Low energy consumption and high product quality make ...
Martynenko, Alex; Kudra, Tadeusz(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Following background to the phenomenon of electrohydrodynamics with concise review of basic features like shorter drying time, lower energy consumption and better product quality, the selected key factors affecting ...
[EN] An oil from Pacific krill (Euphausia pacifica) has a high content of PUFAs and phospholipids. The sediment was formed with homogenization of krill oil and maltodextrin (MD; dextrose equivalent (DE) = 19) solution using ...
Patel, Sanjay; Bade, Mukund(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-07)
[EN] Dryers are used for removal of moisture from an raw materials (such as effluent) to form a dried solids as per the requirements. For removal of the moisture, energy requirement is huge. Therefore, in this paper, ...
[EN] Power ultrasounds have been proposed and extensively investigated as an effective way to speed up the atmospheric freeze-drying process, thus making this dehydration process attractive from an industrial viewpoint. ...