Effect of some parameters of air-jet on pneumatic extraction of citrus juice and juice sacs

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 388-398

  Khazaei, Javad ^a   Massah, Jafar ^a   Mansouri, Gholam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air jet; Citrus fruit; Impingement force; Juice extraction; Nozzle; Robot; Sacs

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; JETS; NOZZLES; PRESSURIZATION;

CITRUS FRUITS; IMPINGEMENT FORCE; JUICE EXTRACTION; NOZZLE DIAMETER;

FRUIT JUICES;

CITRUS;

EID: 43049172160     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.02.027     Document Type: Article

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