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Impact of pulsed electric fields on vacuum drying kinetics and physicochemical properties of carrot
Caiyun Liu1, Annachiara Pirozzi2, Giovanna Ferrari3
1School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, PR China; Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Laboratoire de Transformations Intégrées de la Matière Renouvelable, EA 4297, Centre de Recherches de Royallieu, BP 20529, 60205 Compiègne Cedex, France.
Abstract:
The effect of pulsed electric fields (PEF) on the kinetics of vacuum drying (VD) and rehydration of carrot tissue was studied. The intensity of PEF treatment was E = 0.6 kV/cm and the total PEF treatment duration was tPEF = 0.1 s. The VD was performed at sub-atmospheric pressure p = 3.03 × 104 Pa for different temperatures Td = 25 °C and 90 °C. During VD, the kinetics of moisture removal and temperature evolution inside of untreated and PEF pretreated samples were studied. The color and structure of the samples were also investigated. PEF pretreatment enhanced VD kinetics at different studied temperatures. However, its effect on VD was more evident at lower drying temperatures. With the PEF pretreatment, the drying time was reduced by 55% and 33% at 25 °C and 90 °C respectively. After the drying and rehydration process, the change in color of PEF pretreated samples was less significant compared to untreated ones. After rehydration, the untreated and PEF pretreated samples were nearly restored to their initial form and size.
