Mathematical modelling and simulation of Protein Denaturation during Heat Treatment of Dairy Fluids

Fouling has been a problem since the invention of heat exchanger. The presence of such deposits on heater surface can reduce the efficiency of the heater, which leads to plant shut down and subsequently loss of production. Fouling in the dairy industry is the most severe as daily cleaning of heat...

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Main Authors: Tham, Heng Jin, Teo, Jason Tze Wi, Chu, Chi Ming
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2010
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spelling my.ums.eprints.228452019-07-18T13:53:48Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22845/ Mathematical modelling and simulation of Protein Denaturation during Heat Treatment of Dairy Fluids Tham, Heng Jin Teo, Jason Tze Wi Chu, Chi Ming Fouling has been a problem since the invention of heat exchanger. The presence of such deposits on heater surface can reduce the efficiency of the heater, which leads to plant shut down and subsequently loss of production. Fouling in the dairy industry is the most severe as daily cleaning of heat exchangers is often required, compared to other industries which only need yearly cleaning. Dairy fouling is caused by the thermal denaturation of betalactoglobulin at temperatures above 70oe. Therefore, this work was carried out to help the understanding of how transport phenomena in a heater affects the protein denaturation process. Modelling of the concentration of the native protein, denatured protein and aggregated protein during heat treatment of dairy product was successfully performed using finite element computational method. Based on the simulated concentration prOfiles, it is clear that native protein is not the contributor to fouling. It was also found that aggregated protein solely cannot be the main foulant. However, there is also possibility where depoSition is caused by both denature and aggregated proteins, but it is more complicated to predict the deposition pattern unless the ratio of the two depositing proteins involved is known through experiment. Experiments were also carried out to validate the simulation work, however, due to the raw materials used, results were found to be inconsistence. Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2010 Research Report NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22845/1/Mathematical%20modelling%20and%20simulation%20of.pdf Tham, Heng Jin and Teo, Jason Tze Wi and Chu, Chi Ming (2010) Mathematical modelling and simulation of Protein Denaturation during Heat Treatment of Dairy Fluids. (Unpublished)
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description Fouling has been a problem since the invention of heat exchanger. The presence of such deposits on heater surface can reduce the efficiency of the heater, which leads to plant shut down and subsequently loss of production. Fouling in the dairy industry is the most severe as daily cleaning of heat exchangers is often required, compared to other industries which only need yearly cleaning. Dairy fouling is caused by the thermal denaturation of betalactoglobulin at temperatures above 70oe. Therefore, this work was carried out to help the understanding of how transport phenomena in a heater affects the protein denaturation process. Modelling of the concentration of the native protein, denatured protein and aggregated protein during heat treatment of dairy product was successfully performed using finite element computational method. Based on the simulated concentration prOfiles, it is clear that native protein is not the contributor to fouling. It was also found that aggregated protein solely cannot be the main foulant. However, there is also possibility where depoSition is caused by both denature and aggregated proteins, but it is more complicated to predict the deposition pattern unless the ratio of the two depositing proteins involved is known through experiment. Experiments were also carried out to validate the simulation work, however, due to the raw materials used, results were found to be inconsistence.
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author Tham, Heng Jin
Teo, Jason Tze Wi
Chu, Chi Ming
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Teo, Jason Tze Wi
Chu, Chi Ming
Mathematical modelling and simulation of Protein Denaturation during Heat Treatment of Dairy Fluids
author_facet Tham, Heng Jin
Teo, Jason Tze Wi
Chu, Chi Ming
author_sort Tham, Heng Jin
title Mathematical modelling and simulation of Protein Denaturation during Heat Treatment of Dairy Fluids
title_short Mathematical modelling and simulation of Protein Denaturation during Heat Treatment of Dairy Fluids
title_full Mathematical modelling and simulation of Protein Denaturation during Heat Treatment of Dairy Fluids
title_fullStr Mathematical modelling and simulation of Protein Denaturation during Heat Treatment of Dairy Fluids
title_full_unstemmed Mathematical modelling and simulation of Protein Denaturation during Heat Treatment of Dairy Fluids
title_sort mathematical modelling and simulation of protein denaturation during heat treatment of dairy fluids
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sabah
publishDate 2010
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