Title
Automating the mixing and spraying stage of the instant mashed potato process
Date Issued
01 November 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Trinidad-Loli N.
Guía-Altamirano T.
Chamorro-Atalaya O.
Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle
Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle
Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle
Universidad Tecnólogica del Perú
Publisher(s)
Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
Abstract
The article describes a control logic used to automate the mixing stage of the instant mashed potato process, in order to improve the quality of the final product. Thus, initially the characteristics of the automated process are detailed, specifying the programming logic on the programmable logic controller, to later demonstrate through a data collection process the percentage of improvement in the quality of the final product from the perspective of the users. Indicators: percentage of humidity in the mixing stage, water absorption index (IAA), water solubility index (ISA) and hydrogen potential (pH). The development of the research concludes that the automation of the process, achieved that the IAA index and the ISA index, obtained in the spraying stage, improve by 8.13% and 23.05%, respectively, finding analyzed values within the optimal ranges. This in turn reflected a 39.61% improvement with respect to the humidity percentage, measured in the mixing stage, thus improving the quality of the final product, which brings with it a significant increase of 84.44% in production levels.
Start page
771
End page
779
Volume
24
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85118473986
Source
Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
ISSN of the container
25024752
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus