Design and performance evaluation of an ohmic heating unit for thermal processing of highly viscous liquids

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 626-632

  Ghnimi, S ^c,d   Flach Malaspina, N ^a   Dresch, M ^c   Delaplace, G ^b   Maingonnat, J F ^b  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Fluid jet; Ohmic heating; Radar sensor; Thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; JETS; JOULE HEATING; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; RADAR SENSOR;

HEATING EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; JETS; JOULE HEATING; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

EID: 44449120820     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Anglim, T.H., 1923, Method and apparatus for pasteurization milk, United States Patent and Trademark office, US Patent No. 1468,871, Washington, DC.
2. Armatore C., Berthou M., and Hebert S. Fundamental principles of electrochemical ohmic heating of solutions. J Electroanal Chem 457 (1998) 191-203
3. Ayadi M.A., Leuliet J.C., Chopard F., Berthou M., and Lebouché M. Ohmic heating unit performance under whey protein fouling. Innov Food Sci Emerg Technol 5 4 (2004) 465-473
4. Ball, C.O., 1937, Apparatus for pasteurization milk, United States Patent and Trademark office, US Patent No. 2091,263, Washington, DC.
5. Beattie J.M. Electrical treatment of milk for infant feeding. Br J Stat Med 24 4 (1914) 97-113
6. Chaminda P.S., Sastry S.K., and Zhang H. Pulsed ohmic heating-a novel technique for minimization of electro chemical reactions during processing. J Food Sci 70 (2005) 8
7. Fettermann J.C. Electrical conductivity method of processing milk. Agric Eng 9 (1928) 107
8. Fryer P., and De Alwis A. Validation of the APV ohmic heating process. Chem Ind 16 (1998) 630-634
9. Getchell B.E. Electric pasteurization of milk. Agric Eng 16 10 (1935) 408-410
10. Ghnimi S., Flach-Malaspina N., Dresch M., and Maingonnat J.-F. Energy Efficiency of a Novel Ohmic Heating Technology by Fluid Jet, 2007. ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry. Energy-Saving Technologies and Practices, New York, USA (2007)
11. Ghnimi S., Flach-Malaspina N., Dresch M., Delaplace G., and Maingonnat J.F. New Continuous Ohmic Heating Technology by Fluid Jet in Food Industrial Process. 2007 IFT Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, USA (2007)
12. Heppell N.J., and Michael L. Continuous Thermal Processing of Foods: Pasteurization and UHT Sterilization (2000), Aspen Publishers, Gaithersburg, Maryland
13. Huang L., Chen Y., and Morissey M.T. Coagulation of fish proteins from frozen fish mince wash water by ohmic heating. J Food Proc Eng 20 (1997) 285-300
14. Icier F., Sastry S.K., and Ilicali C. Effect of operating conditions and perturbations on the ohmic heating rate of salt solutions. J Food Sci Technol 43 2 (2006) 140-144
15. Jones, F., 1897, Apparatus for electrically treating liquids, United States Patent and Trademark office, US Patent No. 592,735, Washington, DC.
16. Kucherenko G.S. Methods of measuring electrical contact impedance. Electrona Obrabotka Materialov 1 19 (1968) 18
17. Legrand L., Leuliet J.C., Duquesne S., Kesteloot R., Winterton P., and Fillaudeau L. Physical, mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of cooked red bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) for continuous ohmic heating process. J Food Eng 81 (2007) 447-458
18. Marcotte, M., 1999, Ohmic Heating of Viscous Liquid Food, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University Mc Gill, Canada.
19. Marcotte M., Ramaswamy H.S., and Piette J.P.G. Ohmic heating behavior of hydrocolloid solutions. Food Res Int 31 6-7 (1998) 493-502
20. Piette G., Buteau M.L., De Halleux D., Chiu L., Raymond Y., Ramswamy H.S., and Dostie M. Ohmic cooking of processed meats and its effects on product quality. J Food Sci 69 (2004) 71-78
21. Praporscic I., Lebovka N.I., Ghnimi S., and Vorobiev E. Ohmically heated enhanced expression of juice from apple and potato tissues. Bios Eng 93 2 (2006) 199-204
22. Prescott S.C. The treatment of Milk by an electrical method. Am J Public Health 17 (1927) 405-410
23. Qihua T., Jindal V.K., and Van Winden J. Design and performance evaluation of an ohmic heating unit for liquid foods. Comput Electron Agric 9 (1993) 243-253
24. Roberts J.S., Balaban M.O., Zimmerman R., and Luzuriaga D. Design and testing of a prototype ohmic thawing unit. Comput Electron Agric 19 (1998) 211-222
25. Sastry S.K., and Palaniappan S. Ohmic heating of liquid-particle mixtures. Food Technol 50 (1992) 246-248
26. Sastry S.K., and Palaniappan S. Influence of particle orientation on the effective electrical resistance and Ohmic heating rate of a liquid-particle mixture. J Food Proc Eng 15 (1992) 213-227
27. Sastry S.K., and Palaniappan S. Mathematical modelling and experimental studies on ohmic heating of liquid-particle mixtures in a static heater. J Food Proc Eng 15 (1992) 241-261
28. Soojin J., and Sastry S.K. Reusable pouch development for long term space missions: a 3D ohmic model for verification of sterilization efficacy. J Food Eng 80 (2007) 1199-1205
29. Soojin J., Sastry S.K., and Chaminda P.S. Migration of electrode components during Ohmic heating of foods in retort pouches. Innov Food Sci Emerg Technol 8 2 (2007) 237-243
30. Tzediakis T., Basseguy R., and Comtat M. Voltammetric and coulometric techniques to estimate the electrochemical reaction rate during ohmic sterilization. J Appl Electrochem 29 7 (1999) 821-828