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Modélisation de la congélation de beurre.

Modelling the freezing of butter.

Auteurs : NAHID A., BRONLUND J. E., CLELAND D. J., et al.

Type d'article : Article, Article de la RIF

Résumé

Butter is a water-in-oil emulsion so its behaviour during freezing is very different from that of most food products, for which water forms a continuous phase. The release of latent heat during freezing is controlled as much by the rate of crystallization of water in each of the water droplets as by the rate of heat transfer. Measurements of the freezing of butter show that the release of latent heat from the freezing water depends on the degree of supercooling, which, in turn, depends on the cooling medium temperature, the size of the butter item, the packaging and the type of butter. Four modelling approaches were tested against the experimental data collected for a 25 kg block of butter. A "sensible heat only model" accurately predicted the butter temperature until temperatures at which water freezing becomes significant were reached. An "equilibrium thermal properties model" predicted a temperature plateau near the initial freezing point of the butter in a manner that was inconsistent with the measured data. A third model used a stochastic approach to ice nucleation based on supercooling using classical homogeneous nucleation theory. The predicted temperatures showed that supercooling-driven nucleation alone is not sufficient to predict the freezing behaviour of butter. A fourth approach took account of time-dependent nucleation and ice crystal growth kinetics using classical Avrami crystallization theory. The relationship between the ice crystal growth rate and the supersaturation was assumed to be linear. The model predicted the experimental data accurately, particularly by predicting the slow rebound in the temperature following supercooling that is found when freezing butter under some conditions.

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Pages : 152-160

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Détails

  • Titre original : Modelling the freezing of butter.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 2008-0749
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Source : International Journal of Refrigeration - Revue Internationale du Froid - vol. 31 - n. 1
  • Date d'édition : 01/2008

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