OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS OF PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER IN SOYBEAN MILK PROCESS

M.A. SOROUR¹, S.R. MOSTAFA², E.S. ABDOU^3
1Food Engineering and Packaging Department, Food Technology Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza- 12613, Egypt.
²Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza- 12613, Egypt.
³Food Engineering and Packaging Department, Food Technology Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza- 12613, Egypt.

Received : 25-11-2013     Accepted : 13-01-2014     Published : 20-03-2014
Volume : 3     Issue : 1       Pages : 48 - 52
World Res J Agr Biotechnol 3.1 (2014):48-52

Keywords : soybean milk, heat exchanger, operating conditions
Conflict of Interest : None declared

Optimization of heat exchangers is a very active field of design research in thermal engineering. An Optimum channel flow velocity, as well as optimum number of plates was determined using performance data on the application of cooling soy bean milk with chilled water. Pressure drop, Prandtl number, Reynolds number and heat transfer coefficient of both fluids (milk and water) were estimated.