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Fundamental study of multi-component fat crystallisation

Reference	D20450
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Dr Andrew Stapley
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Victor Starov
Institution	Loughborough University
Department	Chemical Engineering
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	125,721
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	22/03/2004
End date	21/06/2007
Duration	39 months

Abstract

We aim to validate a fundamentally based multi-component model for fat crystallisation that has been developed to aid engineering design and optimisation calculations for fat based products. The model can predict the following important quantities as a function of time: solid/liquid ratio, crystal size distribution, fraction of each polymorph and the composition of each phase. The model will be fitted to data from DSC, optical microscopy, dynamic light scattering, NMR, FTIR and X-ray experiments using model systems blended from single triglycerides. The model will allow us to further probe the underlying science of fat crystallization and will also be tested in its ability to predict the behaviour of real fat systems. (Joint with D20451).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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D20451 Fundamental study of multi-component fat crystallisation

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