Influence of whey protein aggregation on the residence time distribution in a tubular heat exchanger and a helical holding tube during heat treatment process

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• 作者：Fatou Toutie Ndoye^a ; ^b ; ^{fatou-toutie.ndoye@irstea.fr} ; Nicolas Erabit^a ; ^b ; Graciela Alvarez^c ; Denis Flick^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Residence time distribution ; Whey protein ; Aggregation ; Helical holding tube
• 刊名：Journal of Food Engineering
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：67_02608774
• 类别：abs
• 出版时间：October, 2012
• 卷：112
• 期：3
• 页码：158-167
• 文件大小：778 K

摘要

The residence time distribution (RTD) of a whey protein (WP) suspension flowing through a heat treatment system was studied. The experimental system is the tubular heat exchanger and the helical holding section of a laboratory scale thermal process. RTD was measured in isothermal conditions at 60 掳C, a temperature involving no WP aggregation, and at 87 掳C, temperature at which WP aggregates. Two flow rates (20 L/h and 49 L/h) were tested with two different lengths of holding tube in order to maintain the same order of magnitude of the holding time. Methylene blue was used as tracer and spectrophotometer analysis were performed to determine the outlet concentration. These investigations yielded to great differences between the RTD in aggregation and no aggregation conditions. The minimum residence time is shorter when WP aggregation occurs due to the modification of the velocity field inside the tubular devices with the local enhancement of the viscosity. Fitting the experimental results with a new compartment model based on the generalized convection model give very good agreement contrary to the more classical RTD models. This RTD model could be used in combination with a population balance model in order to predict the WP aggregates size dispersion.