Weight loss during freezing and storage of unpackaged foods

Dehydration of unwrapped foods occurs during freezing and frozen storage. Coupled heat and mass balances were proposed incorporating solidification of water and sublimation of ice. The mathematical model was solved using an implicit finite-differences method, with a variable grid to follow the movin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Campañone, Laura Analia, Salvadori, Viviana Olga, Mascheroni, Rodolfo Horacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/113797
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/113797
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Frozen foods
Weight loss
Numerical models
Freezing
Storage
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.11
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:Dehydration of unwrapped foods occurs during freezing and frozen storage. Coupled heat and mass balances were proposed incorporating solidification of water and sublimation of ice. The mathematical model was solved using an implicit finite-differences method, with a variable grid to follow the moving sublimation front. The model evaluates temperature and water concentration profiles and was used to predict the kinetics of weight loss for different products. Model predictions were favourably compared against experimental data on weight loss during storage of unwrapped meat, potato and tylose.