Investigation of Melt Electrical Conductance in Food Extrusion

Increase in both the feed rate and the screw speed decreased the mean residence time but the feed rate effect was more pronounced. The specific feeding load, barrel fill and flow profile were affected by the feed rate and the screw speed in opposite directions. Spread of the normalized RTD decreased with increasing feed rate while increasing screw speed broadened RTD due to more mixing. The flow profile in the extruder barrel was a mixture of both plug and well mixed flow.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Food Science and Human Nutrition

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Unlu, Emine

Contributors dc:contributor

• James F. Faller

• Chemistry, Agricultural

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9971213

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/83746