Title
Other Mass Transfer Unit Operations Enhanced by Ultrasound
Date Issued
2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
University of São Paulo
University of São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
Ultrasound is a promising technology, which has been used in many mass transfer unit operations with excellent results, such as drying, osmotic dehydration, extraction, hydration, salting/brining, and desalting. During a mass transfer unit operation, external and internal resistances can exist. Then, the reduction of both is necessary to accelerate the process. Ultrasound can reduce one or both resistances by different mechanisms such as acoustic cavitation, the sponge effect, microchannel formation, and others. Furthermore, the ultrasound enhancement differs in each unit operation. Consequently, the use of this technology for assisting the entire process or as a pretreatment can change the way the process is improved.
Start page
369
End page
389
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85041460037
ISBN
9780128046142
9780128045817
Resource of which it is part
Ultrasound: Advances in Food Processing and Preservation
ISBN of the container
978-012804614-2
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus