objective: the main objective pursued in this paper is to investigate the energy consumption for drying of potato slices using vacuum-infrared drying method. methods: drying of potato slices with the thicknesses of 1, 2 and 3 mm were conducted at vacuum levels of zero (without vacuum), 20, 80 and 140 mm [hg], infrared radiation at power levels of 100, 150 and 200 w in the three repetition. resu...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to estimate the effect of the season of milk production and the packaging method on sensory characteristics and some physicochemical indices of fresh curd cheese stored in cooling conditions. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study covered three seasons: autumn (October), winter (January) and spring (March/April). The experimental samples were vacuum packed in 50 or 100 μm...

The objective of the present study was to determine the shelf life of ready-to-eat cooked chicken breast fillets (shredded) stored in atmospheres that were modified with different concentrations of CO2 and to establish a relationship between the concentration of this gas and bacterial growth. The samples were divided into 7 groups with different packaging conditions: aerobiosis, vacuum, and 10,...

Mo17O47 nanowire-arrays are promising active materials and electrically-conductive supports for batteries and other devices. While high surface area resulting from long, thin, densely packed nanowires generally leads to improved performance in a wide variety of applications, the Mo17O47 nanowire-arrays synthesized previously by electrically-heated chemical vapor deposition under vacuum conditio...

An equiatomic HfNbTaRuZr refractory multi-principal alloy was cast via arc melting and characterized in both as-cast vacuum annealed conditions. (Nb, Ta)-rich body-centered cubic (BCC), (Hf, Ru)-rich B2, Zr)-rich hexagonal close-packed (HCP) phases materials were identified by x-ray diffraction transmission electron microscopy, with all stable from 1350 to 1575 °C. At °C the contained 35.9 % of...