Influence of the temperature and ultrasound application in drying kinetics of apple skin

[EN] The great amount of waste produced by food industry contains interesting bioactive compounds. The extraction of these compounds requires the by-products previous stabilization being the convective drying one of most used techniques to this end. Drying conditions can affect both drying kinetics...

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Autores: Martins, Matheus, Cortés, Edgar, Rosselló, Carmen, Peña, Ramón, Carcel, J. A.|||0000-0002-3796-6146
Formato: capítulo de livro
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/117035
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/117035
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Drying
Dehydration
Dewatering
Emerging technologies
Products quality
Process control
Environmental
Evaporation
Sublimation
Diffusion
Energy
Intensification
By-products
Diffusivity
Mass transfer
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Resumo:[EN] The great amount of waste produced by food industry contains interesting bioactive compounds. The extraction of these compounds requires the by-products previous stabilization being the convective drying one of most used techniques to this end. Drying conditions can affect both drying kinetics and final quality of products. The apple skin, byproduct of apple juice or cider industries, is rich in functional compounds such as polyphenols or vitamin C. The main goal of this contribution was to quantify the influence of temperature and ultrasound application in drying kinetics of apple skin. For this purpose, drying experiments at different temperatures (-10, 30, 50 and 70 ºC) and with (20.5 kW/m3) and without application of ultrasound were carried out. Drying kinetics were modelled by using a diffusion based model. As can be expected, the higher the temperature the faster the drying. Ultrasound application accelerated the process at every temperature tested being the influence slightly lower than found from the literature for other products. This can be attributed at the physical structure of the apple skin, less porous than the pulp. In any case, the application of ultrasound significantly reduced the drying time.