β-lactoglobulin denaturation, aggregation, and fouling in a plate heat exchanger: Pilot-scale experiments and dimensional analysis

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 432-450

  Petit, Jeremy ^a,b   Six, Thierry ^a   Moreau, Anne ^a   Ronse, Gilles ^a   Delaplace, Guillaume ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Denaturation aggregation; Dimensional analysis; Food processing; Fouling; Kinetics; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DENATURATION; ENZYME KINETICS; FOOD PROCESSING; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; HEAT EXCHANGE PROCESS; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; PILOT-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; PLATE HEAT EXCHANGERS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

FOULING;

EID: 84880986569     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.06.045     Document Type: Article

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