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Enhanced Mass Transfer During Osmotic Dehydration of High Pressure Treated Pineapple

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Title Enhanced Mass Transfer During Osmotic Dehydration of High Pressure Treated Pineapple
 
Creator Rastogi, N. K.
Niranjan, K.
 
Subject 24 Fruits
02 Drying, Dehydration
 
Description High pressure pretreatment (100–700 MPa) was applied to enhance mass transfer rates during osmotic dehydration of pineapples and accelerate the process. Experimentally determined diffusivity values, based on a Fickian model, increased fourfold for water and twofold for sugar. Diffusivity values were correlated with pretreatment pressure by an equation of the form D�A exp(�B/P), which suggests that diffusivity would level after an initial increase in pressure. The increase was attributed to breaking-up of cells walls which facilitated the transport of water. Evidence for the extent of cell wall break-up with applied pressure was based on differential interference contrast microscopic examination of tissue. Preliminary experiments on rehydration characteristics showed high pressure pretreated samples did not absorb as much water as controls.
 
Date 1998
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://ir.cftri.com/8662/1/ournal_of_Food_Science_63%283%29__1998_508-511.pdf
Rastogi, N. K. and Niranjan, K. (1998) Enhanced Mass Transfer During Osmotic Dehydration of High Pressure Treated Pineapple. Journal of Food Science, 63 (3). pp. 508-511.