Atmospheric Freeze Drying—Modeling and Simulation of a Tunnel Dryer

Drying is an important unit operation in processing of foods and other biotechnological products. Vacuum freeze drying is said to be the best drying technology regarding product quality of the end product, but the disadvantages are, among others, expensive operational costs and batch drying. Atmospheric freeze drying was introduced to lower the production costs of high-quality dried foods, and the need of simulation tools became important in estimations of the industrial drying processes.

A simplified mathematical model (AFDsim) is developed based on uniformly retreating ice front (URIF) considerations. The model is used to calculate theoretical drying curves of atmospheric freeze dried foods in a tunnel dryer. Studies of thermal and mass transfer properties during drying are essential for understanding the changes in product quality and for designing and dimensioning the drying process. The model can be used to simulate industrial atmospheric freeze drying of different foodstuff in a tunnel. The results from AFDsim modeling are in good accordance with the experimental results.     

高压电场运用于加速食品解冻的研究

在综合论述常用解冻方法优缺点的基础上,提出一种新型的低温解冻技术——高压静电场解冻,介绍了这种技术的国内外发展现状,并且从水的角度初步探讨了解冻机理。     

冷冻保护剂和储藏条件对海洋酵母冻干粉活性的影响

海洋拮抗酵母Rhodosporidium paludigenum作为生防保鲜剂在控制水果采后真菌类病原菌中表现出了良好的抑制效果,然而生防制剂要真正取代化学杀菌剂,必须以产品的形式投入市场,即实现其商品化生产。实验将该拮抗酵母制成冻干粉,研究冻干保护剂和储藏条件对海洋酵母干粉稳定性的影响。结果显示,海藻糖作为保护剂可以显著地提高酵母干粉的存活率和生防活性,用5%的海藻糖作保护剂,存活率为42%,而对照仅为3%。研究还发现,酵母细胞的存活率与其胞内海藻糖含量具有一定的相关性。另外,储藏实验表明,低温(4℃)可以较好地保持酵母干粉的存活力。而常温(25℃)下储藏1个月,每克干粉中酵母活细胞数下降5个数量级,因此常温不适合储藏该新型拮抗酵母生防制剂。     

Microencapsulation of β‐carotene using native pinhão starch,modified pinhão starch and gelatin by freeze‐drying

Beta‐carotene was microencapsulated by freeze‐drying using native pinhão starch, hydrolysed pinhão starch 6 dextrose equivalent (DE), hydrolysed pinhão starch 12 DE and the mixture of these materials with gelatin as coating material. The purpose of this research was to produce and characterize these microcapsules. The capsules’ efficiency, surface content, moisture, morphology, solubility, particle size and glass transition temperature were analysed. The hydrolysed pinhão starch 12 DE showed the highest total β‐carotene content and the lowest surface β‐carotene content, unlike the native starch. Using scanning electron microscopy, it was observed that all microcapsules presented undefined shapes. The samples with gelatin had wider particle size distribution, higher diameters, lower solubility and higher glass transition temperature when compared with other the samples. Results obtained suggest that the modified pinhão starch can be considered as potential wall material for encapsulation of β‐carotene.     

Sorption isotherms and thermodynamic properties of freeze‐dried colostral whey powders with different additives

Moisture adsorption isotherms of colostral whey (CW) powders with different additives (maltodextrin and sucrose) were determined using gravimetric static method at 15–35 °C in the water activity range of 0.067–0.76. The moisture adsorption isotherms obtained were typical sigmoid curves, and the modified‐Halsey and Guggenheim–Anderson–de Boer (GAB) equations gave the best fit to experimental data among five well‐known equations. Addition with maltodextrin into CW powders could effectively decrease equilibrium moisture content (EMC), whereas addition with sucrose increased EMC in the water activity of 0.43–0.76 at 15 and 25 °C and in the water activity of 0.21–0.76 at 35 °C, respectively. Thermodynamic properties including net isosteric heat of sorption and differential entropy were determined from adsorption data using Clausius–Clapeyron equation. The results showed that net isosteric heat of sorption of all the samples decreased exponentially with increasing EMC. Enthalpy–entropy compensation theory was applicable for adsorption process of all the samples, and the adsorption processes were enthalpy‐driven.     

不同解冻方式对小黄鱼品质的影响

采用5种不同的解冻方式(静水解冻、流水解冻、微波解冻、低温空气解冻、超声波解冻)对普通冻结和液体浸渍快速冻结处理的小黄鱼进行解冻,对解冻时间、色泽、质构、丙二醛含量、总巯基含量等指标进行测定比较,并测定解冻后鱼肉的硬度、咀嚼性等质构指标。结果表明:5种解冻方式中微波解冻速率最快,低温空气解冻速率最慢。对于快速冻结和普通冻结处理的小黄鱼,超声波解冻能够有效维持解冻后鱼肉的品质。     

冷冻浓缩过程中制冷面的冰淤塞的检测与表征（11）

根据冰淤塞的机理和对本文第一部分（I）所述的冰晶在过冷金属表面上的冰淤塞的启动时间和诱导时间的实验数据的分析,建立了关联冰淤塞诱导时间与制冷面壁温和晶种用等因素的关系的数学模型。文中还对影响冰淤塞的各因素做了研究分析。     

Effect of blanching and drying treatments on quality of bamboo shoot slices

The enzymes activity, texture, pectin, microstructure and colour change in bamboo shoots (Dendrocalamus latiflorus) were examined to evaluate the effect of blanching and drying treatments on quality of bamboo shoot slices (BSS). Peroxidase (POD), phenylalanine ammonia‐lyase and polyphenol oxidase in BSS will become completely inactive at 95 °C for 6‐, 9‐ and 12‐min blanching treatments, respectively. The hardness and protopectin (PP) content decreased after the blanching treatment. Meanwhile, the content of water‐soluble pectin increased initially and then decreased gradually during the blanching. After the blanching treatment, the L* and a* of BSS decreased, while b* increased, ΔE > 2. The hardness of rehydrated BSS decreased by 43.57% after freeze drying (FD), which, however, decreased more after hot air drying (HAD). The pectin of rehydrated BSS was also determined to explain the hardness change in BSS. The BSS acquired similar microstructure of fresh samples after FD, while microstructure of BSS was severely damaged after HAD. The colour of BSS changes significantly after drying treatment. However, FD can maintain better colour of BSS than HAD. The results may provide a reference for industrial production of BSS.     

Storage of fresh and ensiled forages by freezing affects fibre and crude protein fractions

The effect of freezing on fibre and crude protein fractions of forages was determined. Fresh and ensiled lucerne and fresh bromegrass were processed immediately after collection or stored at ?25°C for 1 day or 1, 6 or 12 months before drying at 55°C. Samples were frozen quickly by submersion in liquid nitrogen or slowly at ?25°C. Samples which were not frozen were processed immediately or after 1 h delay at room temperature. All treatments were replicated (n = 3). Samples were analysed for crude protein (CP), trichloroacetic acid soluble CP (TSCP), phosphate buffer soluble CP (BSCP), neutral detergent insoluble CP (NDCP), acid detergent insoluble CP (ADCP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF), acid detergent fibre (ADF), acid detergent sulphuric acid lignin (lignin) and ash. Freezing decreased BSCP and increased NDCP by more than 40% for bromegrass. Freezing also changed NDF, ADF, lignin, ash, CP and ADCP in different ways depending on forage type and length of time frozen. No significant effects were observed for method of freezing or a 1-h delay in processing. An additional experiment showed that freeze-drying resulted in less insoluble protein than ovendrying. Prior freezing of forages appeared inconsistently to change the extent of gaseous loss during drying, and resulted in precipitation of protein. These changes also affected fibre estimates. Fresh forages should not be frozen and thawed before analysis of protein or fibre fractions.     

Selective Detection of Mixed Bacterial Survivors from Fish Fillets after Freezing and Thawing by Ethidium Bromide Monoazide Real-Time PCR

The effect of freezing and thawing on the survival of mixed bacteria from cod fillets was studied using ethidium bromide monoazide (EMA) real-time PCR (EMA Rti-PCR). The permeability of cell membranes, media selection, EMA treatment, addition of glycerol, and the number of freeze-thaw cycles were investigated to discriminate and enumerate viable from dead bacteria following freezing and thawing. Universal primers were used to amplify the sequence of a conserved region of all eubacterial 16S rDNA for EMA Rti‐PCR. Amplification of DNA from frozen-thawed bacterial cells was significantly inhibited by EMA, whereas the DNA without EMA from frozen-thawed cells was readily amplified. Freezing and thawing resulted in damage to the cell membrane resulting in increased EMA uptake as revealed by confocal microscopy. The effect of glycerol on survival of the frozen-thawed cells was determined by plate counts and EMA Rti-PCR. Mixed bacteria from fish fillets suspended in saline containing glycerol (5–20%) resulted in greater survival following freezing and thawing than when bacteria were suspended in saline alone during freezing and thawing. Increasing the number of freeze-thaw cycles resulted in a decrease in the log CFU and an increase in Ct value.