A modified cyclone stickiness test for characterizing food powders

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 300-306

  Intipunya, P ^a   Shrestha, A ^b   Howes, T ^b   Bhandari, B ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food powders; Glass transition; Spray drying; Surface stickiness

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONS; AIR GENERATOR; CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE; FOOD POWDERS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SURFACE; SKIM MILK POWDER; SPRAY DRYERS; SURFACE MOISTURES; SURFACE STICKINESS; TEST CHAMBERS; TEST CONDITION; TEST DEVICE;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; DEWATERING; GLASS; GRAPH THEORY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; POWDERS; SPRAY DRYING; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TESTING;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 67349284336     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2009.03.024     Document Type: Article

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