Understanding and analysis of wear in homogenizers for processing liquid food

Wear

Volumn 271, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 2588-2598

  Innings, Fredrik ^a   Hultman, Erik ^b   Forsberg, Fredrik ^a   Prakash, Braham ^a  

^a Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Cavitation erosion; Food processing; Homogenizers; Wear

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CAVITATION-EROSION; CFD SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAT GLOBULES; HOMOGENIZATION PROCESS; HOMOGENIZERS; IMPACT ANGLES; LIQUID FOOD; NARROW GAP; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; WEAR MECHANISMS;

CAVITATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD PROCESSING; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; LIQUIDS; TRIBOLOGY;

PROCESSED FOODS;

EID: 79960673941     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2011.01.084     Document Type: Article

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