
Summary
IN ORDER TO MINIMISE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, AIR COOLING AND CIRCULATION CAN BE REDUCED FOR OBTAINING A CORE TEMPERATURE OF 271 K (-2 DEG C). THE FREEZING PROCESSUS CAN BE CONSIDERED AS TERMINATED AT A CORE TEMPERATURE OF 263 K (-10 DEG C), IF STORAGE IS AT 255 K(-18 DEG C), BUT ENERGY SAVINGS ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT. MORE ENERGY IS SAVED BY FILLING FREEZING ROOMS AT MAXIMUM AND BY APPLYING AN INDIVIDUAL FREEZING PROGRAM. THERE ARE MORE PROBLEMS FOR THAWING. IT IS DONE AT 288 K (15 DEG C) AT 90-95% RH. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS, BEEF QUARTERS WEIGHING ABOUT 100 KG ARE THAWED IN 36-40 HRS. THE THAWING PROCESS IS COMPLETED BY COOLING OF AIR TO 273 K (0 DEG C). THE WEIGHT LOSS IS LIMITED TO 1% OR LESS. THAWING SHOULD BE CONTROLLED BY EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL.
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- Original title: TECHNIQUES OF REFRIGERATION AND THAWING OF MEAT.
- Record ID : 1985-2475
- Languages: English
- Source: [Refrigeration serving humanity]. Proceedings of the XVIth international Congress of Refrigeration.
- Publication date: 1983/08/07
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Indexing
- Themes: Meat and meat products
- Keywords: Thawing; Meat; Weight loss; Energy saving; Freezing
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EFFETS DE LA CONGELATION, DECONGELATION ET RECO...
- Author(s) : PIZZOCARO F., FRANZETTI P.
- Date : 1983/08/07
- Languages : French
- Source: [Refrigeration serving humanity]. Proceedings of the XVIth international Congress of Refrigeration.
- Formats : PDF
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EFFECT OF PRE-CURE FREEZING AND THAWING ON THE ...
- Author(s) : KEMP J. D., LANGLOIS B. E., JOHNSON A. E.
- Date : 1982
- Languages : English
- Source: Journal of Food Protection - vol. 45 - n. 3
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Definition of the optimal freezing rate. 2. Inv...
- Author(s) : PETROVIC L., GRUJIC R., PETROVIC M.
- Date : 1993
- Languages : English
- Source: Meat Sci. - vol. 33 - n. 3
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Effects of freezing and thawing on moisture los...
- Author(s) : JEREMIAH L. E., BUSBOOM J. R., GIBSON L. L., JOHNSON K. A., REEVES J. J., WRIGHT R. W.
- Date : 1993
- Languages : English
- Source: J. Muscle Foods - vol. 4 - n. 2
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Muscle pH60 colour (L, a, b) and water-holding ...
- Author(s) : ROSEIRO L. C., SANTOS C., MELO R. S.
- Date : 1994
- Languages : English
- Source: Meat Sci. - vol. 38 - n. 2
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