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Modélisation de la croissance de Clostridium tyrobutyricum à partir des spores dans les fromages à pâte pressée cuite.

Modelling of the growth of Clostridium tyrobutyricum in semi-hard cheese.

• Author(s) : HUCHET V., THUAULT D., BOURGEOIS C. M.
• Publication date: 1997/06/16
• Languages : French
• Source: Predictive Microbiology Applied to Chilled Foods Preservation
• Formats : PDF

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SURGELATION DES PRODUITS LAITIERS SEMI-LIQUIDES SOUS FORME DE GRANULES PAR MELANGE EN CONTINU DU PRODUIT A SURGELER AVEC DE LA NEIGE CARBONIQUE.

FREEZING OF SEMI-LIQUID DAIRY PRODUCTS IN GRANULATE SHAPE INVOLVING CONTINUOUS PRODUCT MIXING WITH SOLID CARBON DIOXIDE.

• Author(s) : JOZON P.
• Publication date: 1983/08/07
• Languages : French
• Keywords : Dry ice, Cream, Dairy product, Pressed cheese, Curd, Freezing, CO2
• Source: [Refrigeration serving humanity]. Proceedings of the XVI^th international Congress of Refrigeration.
• Formats : PDF

Caratterizzazione microbiologica della mozzarella di bufala pugliese.

Microbial characterization of water-buffalo mozzarella cheese from Apulia.

• Author(s) : BEVILACQUA A., CORBO M. R., D'AMATO D., et al.
• Publication date: 2006/11
• Languages : Italian
• Keywords : Lactobacillus, Dairy product, Pressed cheese, Cold storage, Cheese, Storage life
• Source: Rev. Ferment. Ind. aliment. - vol. 45 - n. 463
• Formats : PDF

Seal mechanism of tip seal in scroll compressor.

• Author(s) : FUKUTA M., OGI D., MOTOZAWA M., et al.
• Publication date: 2014/07/14
• Languages : English
• Source: 2014 Purdue Conferences. 22nd International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue.
• Formats : PDF

Free piston compressor with a variable volume ratio: insights on modeling approach and control strategy.

• Author(s) : GUSEV S., VERVAEKE H., ZIVIANI D., et al.
• Publication date: 2018/07/09
• Languages : English
• Source: 2018 Purdue Conferences. 24^th International Compressor Engineering Conference at Purdue.
• Formats : PDF

Out of the ordinary: Fed up with warm beer?

Warm beer at a barbecue got young Kent Hodgson thinking about ways of cooling drinks without lugging around a chilly bin. The 22-year old New Zealand inventor has invented Huski, a device that turns a tepid beverage into a cold drink within...

• Publication date : 2008/05/13

The HCFC phase-out challenge (3)

The decision taken in September 2007 by the signatory countries of the Montreal Protocol to accelerate by 10 years the HCFC phase-out schedule entered into force and became binding to all Parties on May 14, 2008 (see the official notification:

• Publication date : 2008/08/12

Virtual sensor for variable refrigerant flow AC system.

A summary referring to an article recently published in the International Journal of Refrigeration (IJR).

• Publication date : 2017/03/20

High-efficiency inverter scroll compressors

Summary of an interesting paper from the 2016 Purdue Conference on compressors.

• Publication date : 2017/03/08

Linear compressor key to fridge efficiency?

The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Whirlpool are collaborating to design a domestic refrigerator that could cut energy use by up to 40% compared with current models.

• Publication date : 2015/06/15

Summaries from two papers of the IIR co-sponsored International Conference on Compressors

Reduction of refrigeration compressors noise was an important topic addressed during the IIR-co-sponsored International Conference on Compressors (ICCR) in Xi’an, China.

• Publication date : 2018/01/23

Food invention: frozen tea cubes

Iceland Food has expressed interest in a student prize-winning invention: frozen fruit tea cubes.

• Publication date : 2013/09/12

Briefs: Cooling the Venus rover

One of the main technical challenges in sending a probe on Venus is the searing temperatures on the planet's surface: 450°C, enough to melt lead! Several probes landed on Venus in the 1970s and early 1980s, but never lasted more than two hours....

• Publication date : 2008/05/13

Cryogenic distillation: a promising technology for carbon capture

Cryogenic distillation is subject to intense R&D works for CO2 capture in CCS facilities. A plant using this technology is under construction in China.

• Publication date : 2019/06/28

Cryogenic carbon capture technologies

Cryogenic carbon capture is in the early stages of development, however, several projects have achieved a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6, for applications such as blue...

• Publication date : 2022/04/29
• Subjects: Technology, Environment

The IIR at COP-11/MOP-1 in Montreal

The IIR, as an intergovernmental organization, participated in this "historic" event which gathered 10 000 people for the largest United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ever held. The conference held...

• Publication date : 2006/01/28

Obituary: Maxime Duminil

The IIR expresses its sincere condolences to the family and relatives of Maxime Duminil, who died at the age of 96. 

• Publication date : 2021/03/29

Obituary: Einar Brendeng

The IIR presents its deepest sympathy and sincerest condolences to Professor Einar Brendeng’s family, the Norwegian refrigeration industry and society.

• Publication date : 2024/03/28

Cryogenics and Low-Temperature Physics: New Horizons and Challenges

This Focus written by Ralf Herzog*, President of the IIR’s Cryophysics, Cryoengineering commission (Commission A1) for the Newsletter of the IIR is the third in a series of presentations of the activities and hot research topics handled by the...

• Publication date : 2012/09/21

Cryogenics in the pharmaceutical industry: drug design and bioavailability improvement

Research activities in the pharmaceutical sector focus primarily on developing novel drug formulations which can elicit the desired response upon being administered to the patient...

• Last update : 2023/03/10
• Langues : English, French
• Themes : Freeze-drying in biology and medicine, Cryobiology, cryomedicine: general information

Liquefied Natural Gas: production process and cold energy recovery

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas that has been cooled to about -160 °C and turned into a liquid to facilitate transportation and storage. A typical LNG supply chain...

• Last update : 2023/06/23
• Langues : English, French
• Themes : LNG and LPG