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Continuous Production of Lime Juice by Vacuum Freeze Drying

Wasan Theansuwan, Kitichai Triratanasirichai and Kiatfa Tangchaichit

Abstract

An experimental dryer was developed to determine the characteristics of lime juice powder that produced from freeze-drying processes on continuous production. The experimental process consists of two processes, freezing process (the air blast freezer type) and freeze-drying process (tray method with heating plate type). NaHCO3 (2% by weight of lime juice) was dissolved in lime juice as solid aid. The result was found that this experimental dryer can produce lime juice powder which has the similar properties to lime juice. Combining two processes, freezing process and freeze-drying process, the experimental dryer on continuous production can efficiently achieve the sensible result.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 5 No. 8, 2008, 959-962

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2008.959.962

Submitted On: 8 November 2007 Published On: 31 August 2008

How to Cite: Theansuwan, W., Triratanasirichai, K. & Tangchaichit, K. (2008). Continuous Production of Lime Juice by Vacuum Freeze Drying. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 5(8), 959-962. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2008.959.962

Open AccessCopyright: © 2008 Wasan Theansuwan, Kitichai Triratanasirichai and Kiatfa Tangchaichit. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Vacuum freeze drying
  • air blast freezing