Heat transfer data from measurements covering 15 Roberts evaporator vessels at 3 mills (82 data sets total) is presented. Heat transfer coefficient (HTC) is plotted against brix, temperature, temperature difference ( At) and viscosity respectively. It is shown that the influnce of At on HTC cannot be deduced from this type of data. The pronounced difference in operating conditions between last ...

This study aimed to determine the effect of various types tea solutions on characteristics Wong Tea. used a Randomized Block Design (RBD) 4 treatments with replications. The results showed that there were significant differences in organoleptic quality including taste, aroma, and color tea. research pH, total acid, alcohol content, soluble solid no difference. pH ranged from 3.28 - 3.35, 13.90°...

The dextran content of both mixed juice and very high pol sugar has shown an increase in recent seasons. Laboratory trials have been used to show that thermally stable dextranase could be used to reduce the dextran concentration in evaporator syrup when high levels of dextran are unavoidable. Dextranase treatment of diffuser juices is unsuitable because of the high temperature, low Brix conditi...

This issue features papers covering a range of bovine dairying topics including the effectiveness of a footbath protocol in preventing digital dermatitis, using the Brix refractometer for assessing colostrum quality, and selecting phenotypes to genetically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Other papers deal with the use of antibiotics for treating mastitis, strategies to gain body condition scor...

This study presents a novel application of near infrared (NIR) spectral linearisation for measuring the soluble solids content (SSC) of carambola fruits. NIR spectra were measured using reflectance and interactance methods. In this study, only the interactance measurement technique successfully generated a reliable measurement result with a coefficient of determination of (R2) = 0.724 and a roo...

the effect of pulse electric field on mass transfer in sugar beet cossettes with different thicknesses were investigated and compared with traditional thermal processing. two kinds of sugar beet cossettes 3±0.5 cm and 2±0.5 thicknesses with 3–5 cm long subjected to pulse electric field (3kv, 8 µf, and 20 pulse) and compared with heat treated samples (80ºc for15 minutes) as conventional thermal ...

In this experiment the effect of edible coating (apricot gum) was used to extend the shelf life of apple slices. The edible coating was applied at different concentrations i.e. 0.5, 1, 2 and 3%. Physicochemical characteristics of edible coated apple slices were analyzed at different time intervals. The analysis was carried out for 12 days with an interval of 4 days. Results showed that the trea...

Our research unit is part of an Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP) program, ​BriX (The Belgian Research Initiative on eXotic nuclei for atomic, nuclear and astrophysics studies), in which we collaborate with other nuclear-physics groups, both theoretical and experimental, in Belgium and abroad. Through this collaboration, there is a possibility for very motivated ULB students to realize ...

With the use of high performance ion chromatography, investigations conducted in a number of sugar factories confirmed that glucose/brix or glucose/chloride could be used as a marker to localise and estimate sucrose inversion in evaporators, and establish its contribution to the undetermined loss. In most cases sucrose degradation took place in the later effects, where evaporator tubes were fou...