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Rheology Applications in Products Thutturu Sravan1* , M. S. Alam2 and S. R. Sharma3

1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Processing and , PAU, Ludhiana 2Senior Research Engineer, Department of Processing and Food Engineering, PAU, Ludhiana 3Professor, Department of Processing and Food Engineering, PAU, Ludhiana

Corresponding Author Thutturu Sravan Email: [email protected]

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Rheology, Deformation, Flow, Food

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Sravan, T., Alam, M. S. and Sharma, S.R. 2021. Rheology Applications in Food Products. Vigyan Varta 2(1): 1-3.

ABSTRACT Rheology studies the flow and deformation of matter and is an important tool for describing the basic physical properties of food systems. Rheology uses laboratory measurements to estimate and describe certain flow, deformation, and structural changes that occur during processing. This chapter describes examples in which food rheology is important for engineering design purposes. Selected examples demonstrate different applications for rheological data, including pressure drop calculation in pipe flow, residence time estimation, computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer calculations and yield stress measurement. Knowledge of the rheological properties is important for design of processes to handle the food materials that can exhibit complex flow behaviour.

INTRODUCTION Marcus Reiner and Professor Eugene Bingham. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus described heology is the science of the flow and rheology as panta rei - everything flows. deformation of matter and explains the Translated into rheological terms by Marcus R correlation between deformation, force Reiner; this means everything will flow if you and time. The word comes from the Greek just wait long enough. rheos which means to flow. Rheology is applicable to all materials, from gases to solids. Fluid rheology is used to describe the The science of rheology is only 70 years old. It consistency of various products, usually in two was established in the late 1920s by a meeting components: and elasticity. By of two scientists and their discovery that they viscosity is normally means resistance to flow had the same need to describe fluid flow or thickness and by elasticity is normally characteristics. The scientists were Professor stickiness or structure. Rheological

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relationships help us to understand the fluids we Anyone who begins the process of learning to are working with so that we can know how they think “Rheologically” should first ask, “Why behave or force us to behave according to our should I measure a rheological measurement?” needs. Once the interrelationship between The answer lies in the experiences of hundreds rheological data and product behaviour is of people who have made such measurements, established, this approach can be reversed and gaining very useful behavioural and predictive rheological data can be used to assess information for several products, as well as performance and behaviour. learning about the processing, formulation changes, aging phenomenon, etc. The reason Food rheology for measuring rheological properties in the quality control area can often be found, where It has been described as a study of the the raw materials must be consistent from batch deformation and flow of raw materials, to batch. For this purpose, flow behaviour is an intermediate products and final products of the indirect measure of product consistency and . The rheological property of a quality. Another reason to do flow behaviour food system depends on the composition or the studies is to get a direct estimate of process- ingredients of the system. There are several efficiency. For example, a high viscosity fluid areas in the food industry that requires requires more energy to pump than a low rheological data: viscosity. Therefore, knowing its rheological 1. Process engineering calculations behaviour is useful when designing pumping involving a wide range of equipment and piping systems. Rheology has been such as pipelines, pumps, extruders, suggested to be the most sensitive method for mixers, coaters, heat exchangers, material properties because flow behaviour homogenizers, and on-line viscometers responds to properties such as molecular weight and molecular weight distribution. Rheological 2. Determining ingredient functionality in measurements are useful in quality check product development during production or to monitor and/or control 3. Intermediate or final product quality a process. Rheological measurements allow the control study of chemical, mechanical, and thermal treatments, the effects of additives. 4. testing Different Types of Empirical Testing 5. To assess the characteristics of Instruments and their Applications in Food ingredients and final products, as well as Products: product performance and customer acceptance. Instrument Applications Name 6. Evaluation of food texture by correlation Adams Consistency of semi to sensory data consistometer fluid food purees Armour Beef tenderness 7. Analysis of rheological equations of state tenderometer or constituent equations. Baker Staleness of bread compressimeter 8. They are a way to assess and control the Ballauf pressure Puncture testing of fruit host of product characteristics, sensory tester and vegetables analysis and control along BBIRA biscuit Hardness of cookies and texture meter crackers with end-consumption performance and Bloom gelometer Puncture test of gelatins material behaviour. and gelatin jellies Bostwick Flow of baby and Why Make Rheological Measurements? consistometer similar purees Chatillon pressure Puncture testing of fruit tester and vegetables 2 | P a g e

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