Cold Plasma Technology for Tomato Processing By-Product Valorization: The Case of Tomato Peeling and Peel Drying
The tomato processing industry is focused on product yield maximization, keeping energy costs and waste effluents to a minimum while maintaining high product quality. In our study, cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) pretreatment enhanced tomato processing to facilitate peelability, a specific peeling pro...
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| author | Maxim Sosnin Egor Berestenko Emad H. A. Mounassar Ivan Shorstkii |
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| description | The tomato processing industry is focused on product yield maximization, keeping energy costs and waste effluents to a minimum while maintaining high product quality. In our study, cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) pretreatment enhanced tomato processing to facilitate peelability, a specific peeling process, and enhance peel drying. Peeling force analysis determined that CAP pretreatment of whole tomatoes improved peelability under the conditions used. The specific peeling force after CAP treatment decreased by more than three times. It was observed that cold atmospheric plasma pretreatment reduced the duration of infrared drying of tomato peels by 18.2%. Along with that, a positive effect on the reduction of the specific energy consumption of peel drying was shown for CAP-pretreated tomato peels. The obtained data show that the technology of cold atmospheric plasma pretreatment, in particular, when processing whole tomatoes and tomato peels, has a promising application in industry, as it can significantly reduce the specific energy consumption for peeling and drying procedures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85a897a28eea44e197735ea9046738982023-11-19T10:29:58ZengMDPI AGEng2673-41172023-08-01432167217710.3390/eng4030124Cold Plasma Technology for Tomato Processing By-Product Valorization: The Case of Tomato Peeling and Peel DryingMaxim Sosnin0Egor Berestenko1Emad H. A. Mounassar2Ivan Shorstkii3Advanced Technologies and New Materials Laboratory, Kuban State Technological University, 2, Moskovskaya Str., Krasnodar 350072, RussiaAdvanced Technologies and New Materials Laboratory, Kuban State Technological University, 2, Moskovskaya Str., Krasnodar 350072, RussiaAdvanced Technologies and New Materials Laboratory, Kuban State Technological University, 2, Moskovskaya Str., Krasnodar 350072, RussiaAdvanced Technologies and New Materials Laboratory, Kuban State Technological University, 2, Moskovskaya Str., Krasnodar 350072, RussiaThe tomato processing industry is focused on product yield maximization, keeping energy costs and waste effluents to a minimum while maintaining high product quality. In our study, cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) pretreatment enhanced tomato processing to facilitate peelability, a specific peeling process, and enhance peel drying. Peeling force analysis determined that CAP pretreatment of whole tomatoes improved peelability under the conditions used. The specific peeling force after CAP treatment decreased by more than three times. It was observed that cold atmospheric plasma pretreatment reduced the duration of infrared drying of tomato peels by 18.2%. Along with that, a positive effect on the reduction of the specific energy consumption of peel drying was shown for CAP-pretreated tomato peels. The obtained data show that the technology of cold atmospheric plasma pretreatment, in particular, when processing whole tomatoes and tomato peels, has a promising application in industry, as it can significantly reduce the specific energy consumption for peeling and drying procedures.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4117/4/3/124cold plasmaprocess engineeringdryingby-producttomato peelenergy efficiency |
| spellingShingle | Maxim Sosnin Egor Berestenko Emad H. A. Mounassar Ivan Shorstkii Cold Plasma Technology for Tomato Processing By-Product Valorization: The Case of Tomato Peeling and Peel Drying Eng cold plasma process engineering drying by-product tomato peel energy efficiency |
| title | Cold Plasma Technology for Tomato Processing By-Product Valorization: The Case of Tomato Peeling and Peel Drying |
| title_full | Cold Plasma Technology for Tomato Processing By-Product Valorization: The Case of Tomato Peeling and Peel Drying |
| title_fullStr | Cold Plasma Technology for Tomato Processing By-Product Valorization: The Case of Tomato Peeling and Peel Drying |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cold Plasma Technology for Tomato Processing By-Product Valorization: The Case of Tomato Peeling and Peel Drying |
| title_short | Cold Plasma Technology for Tomato Processing By-Product Valorization: The Case of Tomato Peeling and Peel Drying |
| title_sort | cold plasma technology for tomato processing by product valorization the case of tomato peeling and peel drying |
| topic | cold plasma process engineering drying by-product tomato peel energy efficiency |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4117/4/3/124 |
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