Monitoring deposit build-up using a novel mechatronic surface sensor (MSS)

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

Pereira, A (Author) Other; Rosmaninho, R (Author) Other; Joaquim Gabriel Magalhães Mendes (Author) FEUP; L. F. Melo (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Vol. 84

Pages: 366-370

ISSN: 0960-3085

Publisher: Institution of Chemical Engineers

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-004-FPC

DOI: 10.1205/fbp06032

Abstract (EN): The formation and removal of deposits obtained from milk components (calcium phosphate and whey proteins) were monitored using a new device based on the effect of fouling on the vibration properties of the deposition surface. The MSS (Mechatronic Surface Sensor-pending Patent no. 103 344, Portugal) was able to detect the growth of the deposit mass (and its removal) and to distinguish between deposits with different structural properties (calcium phosphate versus protein deposits).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5