Effect of Densification Conditions on Specific Energy Requirements and Physical Properties of Compacts Made from Hop Cone
Hop cones, due to their essential flavor, are one of the four main ingredients for beer production. The paper reports the results on an investigation of the densification process of hop cones. This experiment investigated (i) the effects of compression pressure in the range of 40 to 80 MPa and press...
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doaj-5660e9fe431e4fe7ab8021403f709e032020-11-24T22:20:17ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732018-09-01119238910.3390/en11092389en11092389Effect of Densification Conditions on Specific Energy Requirements and Physical Properties of Compacts Made from Hop ConeNiccolò Pampuro0Patrizia Busato1Eugenio Cavallo2Institute for Agricultural and Earth Moving Machines (IMAMOTER), Italian National Research Council (CNR)-Strada delle Cacce, 73-10135 Torino (TO), ItalyDepartment of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences, University of Turin–Largo Paolo Braccini, 2-10095 Grugliasco (TO), ItalyInstitute for Agricultural and Earth Moving Machines (IMAMOTER), Italian National Research Council (CNR)-Strada delle Cacce, 73-10135 Torino (TO), ItalyHop cones, due to their essential flavor, are one of the four main ingredients for beer production. The paper reports the results on an investigation of the densification process of hop cones. This experiment investigated (i) the effects of compression pressure in the range of 40 to 80 MPa and pressure application time in the range of 10 to 40 s on the final density and durability of the compacts made from hop cones and ii) the specific compression energy required for the process. The specific compression energy requirements to compact hop cones ranged from 14.20 to 24.48 kJ kg−1. The final compact density values ranged from 515.2 to 876.6 kg m−3, while the durability percentage calculated ranged from 71% to 91%. The obtained results highlighted that compression pressure—in the range of 40–80 MPa—significantly affects the specific compression energy requirements, the final density and the durability of the produced compacts. In this experiment, pressure application time plays a key role in determining compacts density, while did not affect durability and compression energy requirements. Considering the specific compression energy values calculated in this experiment, it can be stated that the pressure agglomeration method described to compact hop cones is more efficient than pelletizing process which is typically characterized by specific energy values ranging from 19 to 90 kJ kg−1.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/9/2389Humulus lupulus L.hydraulic presscompressive pressuredurabilitybulk densityspecific compression energy |
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Niccolò Pampuro Patrizia Busato Eugenio Cavallo Effect of Densification Conditions on Specific Energy Requirements and Physical Properties of Compacts Made from Hop Cone Energies Humulus lupulus L. hydraulic press compressive pressure durability bulk density specific compression energy |
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Effect of Densification Conditions on Specific Energy Requirements and Physical Properties of Compacts Made from Hop Cone |
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Effect of Densification Conditions on Specific Energy Requirements and Physical Properties of Compacts Made from Hop Cone |
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Effect of Densification Conditions on Specific Energy Requirements and Physical Properties of Compacts Made from Hop Cone |
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Effect of Densification Conditions on Specific Energy Requirements and Physical Properties of Compacts Made from Hop Cone |
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Effect of Densification Conditions on Specific Energy Requirements and Physical Properties of Compacts Made from Hop Cone |
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effect of densification conditions on specific energy requirements and physical properties of compacts made from hop cone |
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Hop cones, due to their essential flavor, are one of the four main ingredients for beer production. The paper reports the results on an investigation of the densification process of hop cones. This experiment investigated (i) the effects of compression pressure in the range of 40 to 80 MPa and pressure application time in the range of 10 to 40 s on the final density and durability of the compacts made from hop cones and ii) the specific compression energy required for the process. The specific compression energy requirements to compact hop cones ranged from 14.20 to 24.48 kJ kg−1. The final compact density values ranged from 515.2 to 876.6 kg m−3, while the durability percentage calculated ranged from 71% to 91%. The obtained results highlighted that compression pressure—in the range of 40–80 MPa—significantly affects the specific compression energy requirements, the final density and the durability of the produced compacts. In this experiment, pressure application time plays a key role in determining compacts density, while did not affect durability and compression energy requirements. Considering the specific compression energy values calculated in this experiment, it can be stated that the pressure agglomeration method described to compact hop cones is more efficient than pelletizing process which is typically characterized by specific energy values ranging from 19 to 90 kJ kg−1. |
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Humulus lupulus L. hydraulic press compressive pressure durability bulk density specific compression energy |
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