(1) Department of Biological and Agriculatural Engineering, University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, Georgia
Abstract:
The rheological properties of yellow grease and poultry fat and their liquid density at 25.0°C were experimentally determined.
Dynamic viscosities of these industrial recycled fat products were measured for shear rates of 0.65 to 32.34 s−1 at temperatures of 15.6 to 71.1°C. The resulting measurements were fitted to a power law model to obtain values for the consistency
coefficient and the flow behavior index. The data was also fit to Andrade's equation to relate viscosity to temperature. These
results indicated pseudoplastic flow behavior for both products, with increasing non-Newtonian behavior at higher temperatures
and shear rates.