Pigment removal and pectin loss during the continuous, countercurrent washing of sunflower heads

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1781-1787

  Wiesenborn, D P ^a   Xu, M ^a   Chang, K C ^b   Schwarz, J G ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraction; Sunflower pectin; Washing

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; EXTRACTION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PIGMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASHING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONTINUOUS COUNTERCURRENT WASHING; PECTIN LOSS; PIGMENT REMOVAL; SINGLE STAGE BATCH WASHING; WATER TO SOLIDS RATIO;

CROPS;

HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0030237716     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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