INVESTIGATING RHEOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES TO MODEL AND PREDICT OPERATING CONDITIONS OF A SINGLE SCREW EXTRUDER WITH INTERNAL RESTRICTIONS

Understanding rheology of raw materials and the numerous transformations they undergo is an essential aspect of modeling and predicting extrusion conditions. Both off-line capillary rheometry and in-line extruder fed rheometry techniques have been used to model rheology of materials during extrusion. Investigations on use of an off-line capillary rheometer to model apparent viscosity of full fat soy flours revealed inability of the capillary rheometer to handle food/biological materials high in oil content (20%) at high temperature (80C) and low moisture content (15% wet basis). The lack shear degradation in the capillary rheometer also resulted in over-prediction of corn flour viscosities at high temperatures (80 to 120C), shear rates (1 to 100 s-1) and low moisture contents (35 to 40%). A novel two-opening die attached to a small scale extruder operating at 100 to 300 rpm was used to measure in-line viscosities of cornmeal at 32.5 to 37.5% moisture during extrusion. Comparison of off-line versus in-line cornmeal viscosities at similar conditions consistently indicated that for food/biological materials sensitive to shear degradation, in-line viscosities were lower. Pasting property measurement revealed differences in material transformation which could be used to explain differences between techniques. Mechanistic model for the small-scale

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Ponrajan, Amudhan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Martin R Okos
• Osvaldo H Campanella
• Bruce R Hamaker
• Ganesan Narsimhan

• Extrusion
• Grains
• Modeling
• Rheology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1267

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2483