Optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non-thermal process

Concentration process of cucumber juice is an essential step in cucumber extracts and juice production in the industry in order to minimise the volume and weight for storage and handling purposes. Progressive freeze concentration (PFC) is a non-thermal concentration process that can be used in which...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Rosdi, N. N. H., Yahya, N., Mohamad, Z., Jusoh, Y. M. M., Ngadi, N.
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Published: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC 2021
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author Mohd. Rosdi, N. N. H.
Yahya, N.
Mohamad, Z.
Jusoh, Y. M. M.
Ngadi, N.
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Yahya, N.
Mohamad, Z.
Jusoh, Y. M. M.
Ngadi, N.
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description Concentration process of cucumber juice is an essential step in cucumber extracts and juice production in the industry in order to minimise the volume and weight for storage and handling purposes. Progressive freeze concentration (PFC) is a non-thermal concentration process that can be used in which water content in the juice will be frozen out in the form of an ice block layer by layer. The ice crystallisation process forms ice crystal lattice that rejects all impurities and in turn will leave behind highly concentrated cucumber juice. This research aimed to optimise the operating parameters involved in concentration of cucumber juice via PFC. The operating parameters involved were operation time, initial concentration, coolant temperature and speed of stirrer. Optimization of the PFC process was carried out with the effective partition constant, K as the indicator of the performance by using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) in STATISTICA software. Highest total phenolic content (TPC) increment achieved was 38.83 % with operating condition at -12 °C of coolant temperature, 413 rpm of stirrer speed, 37.8 min of operation time, and 11 mg/mL of initial concentration and lowest effective partition constant, K value obtained was 0.261 with operating condition at - 13.8 °C of coolant temperature, 435 rpm of stirrer speed, 30 min of operation time, and 10.5 mg/mL of initial concentration. The results were supported with good value of R-squared obtained which was 0.85899 for K-value and 0.79365 for TPC increment. The linear effect of operation time was found to be the most significant factor to the response in this study. This work has clearly shown that PFC has potential to be used in concentration of cucumber juice as a non-thermal operation.
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spelling utm.eprints-956422022-05-31T13:04:32Z http://eprints.utm.my/95642/ Optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non-thermal process Mohd. Rosdi, N. N. H. Yahya, N. Mohamad, Z. Jusoh, Y. M. M. Ngadi, N. TP Chemical technology Concentration process of cucumber juice is an essential step in cucumber extracts and juice production in the industry in order to minimise the volume and weight for storage and handling purposes. Progressive freeze concentration (PFC) is a non-thermal concentration process that can be used in which water content in the juice will be frozen out in the form of an ice block layer by layer. The ice crystallisation process forms ice crystal lattice that rejects all impurities and in turn will leave behind highly concentrated cucumber juice. This research aimed to optimise the operating parameters involved in concentration of cucumber juice via PFC. The operating parameters involved were operation time, initial concentration, coolant temperature and speed of stirrer. Optimization of the PFC process was carried out with the effective partition constant, K as the indicator of the performance by using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) in STATISTICA software. Highest total phenolic content (TPC) increment achieved was 38.83 % with operating condition at -12 °C of coolant temperature, 413 rpm of stirrer speed, 37.8 min of operation time, and 11 mg/mL of initial concentration and lowest effective partition constant, K value obtained was 0.261 with operating condition at - 13.8 °C of coolant temperature, 435 rpm of stirrer speed, 30 min of operation time, and 10.5 mg/mL of initial concentration. The results were supported with good value of R-squared obtained which was 0.85899 for K-value and 0.79365 for TPC increment. The linear effect of operation time was found to be the most significant factor to the response in this study. This work has clearly shown that PFC has potential to be used in concentration of cucumber juice as a non-thermal operation. Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC 2021 Article PeerReviewed Mohd. Rosdi, N. N. H. and Yahya, N. and Mohamad, Z. and Jusoh, Y. M. M. and Ngadi, N. (2021) Optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non-thermal process. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 83 . ISSN 2283-9216 http://dx.doi.org/10.3303/CET2183084 DOI: 10.3303/CET2183084
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Mohd. Rosdi, N. N. H.
Yahya, N.
Mohamad, Z.
Jusoh, Y. M. M.
Ngadi, N.
Optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non-thermal process
title Optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non-thermal process
title_full Optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non-thermal process
title_fullStr Optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non-thermal process
title_full_unstemmed Optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non-thermal process
title_short Optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non-thermal process
title_sort optimisation of concentration of cucumber juice using progressive freeze process as a non thermal process
topic TP Chemical technology
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