Search Results - "Warning, Alexander"
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Susceptors in microwave cavity heating: Modeling and experimentation with a frozen pie
Published in Journal of food engineering (01-02-2017)“…Use of a susceptor (a metallized film attached to paperboard) in microwave heating can emulate conventional heating with benefits such as crisping food. This…”
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Mechanistic understanding of non-spherical bacterial attachment and deposition on plant surface structures
Published in Chemical engineering science (16-03-2017)“…Bacterial attachment to the surface and passive internalization to fresh produce is the first step in contamination of food. Understanding the mechanism of…”
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A multiphase porous medium transport model with distributed sublimation front to simulate vacuum freeze drying
Published in Food and bioproducts processing (01-04-2015)“…•Validated and developed distributed sublimation front freeze drying model.•Model incorporates effects of Knudsen flow in porous media.•Presents sublimation…”
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Interdisciplinary engineering approaches to study how pathogenic bacteria interact with fresh produce
Published in Journal of food engineering (01-02-2013)“…► Microfluidics generate an environment at a length scale comparable to bacteria. ► Multiscale modeling can create mechanistic models of bacteria growth and…”
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Porous media based model for deep-fat vacuum frying potato chips
Published in Journal of food engineering (01-06-2012)“…► Developed a porous media vacuum frying model at various frying pressures. ► Modeled acrylamide formation on chip temperature rather than oil temperature. ►…”
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Thawing in a microwave cavity: Comprehensive understanding of inverter and cycled heating
Published in Journal of food engineering (01-07-2016)“…A comprehensive understanding of the electromagnetics and thermal aspects of the thawing of frozen foods in a domestic microwave oven cavity was developed…”
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Mechanistic understanding of temperature-driven water and bacterial infiltration during hydrocooling of fresh produce
Published in Postharvest biology and technology (01-08-2016)“…•We developed a 3D porous media model on reconstructed tomato from MRI.•Cooling rate and temperature gradient strongly influences pathogen internalization.•SEM…”
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Computation of mass transport properties of apple and rice from X-ray microtomography images
Published in Innovative food science & emerging technologies (01-08-2014)“…Computational simulations of food processes such as baking, frying, and cooling require transport properties in order to accurately model the process. Coupled…”
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Quality and safety driven optimal operation of deep-fat frying of potato chips
Published in Journal of food engineering (01-11-2013)“…•We approach the dynamic optimization of the deep-fat frying of potato chips.•The unknown parameters of a porous media based model are identified from…”
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Soft matter approaches as enablers for food macroscale simulation
Published in Faraday discussions (2012)“…Macroscopic deformable multiphase porous media models have been successful in describing many complex food processes. However, the properties needed for such…”
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Physical mechanisms of bacterial attachment and internalization in plants: Multiscale modeling with non-invasive imaging
Published 01-01-2016“…Human pathogens interact with fresh produce through the initial attachment, internalization, growth/death, spreading, and dispersion. In order to develop…”
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