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Modelling the wetting and cooking of a single cereal grain

Modelling the wetting and cooking of a single cereal grain
Modelling the wetting and cooking of a single cereal grain
Three models are presented for the wetting of whole grains of cereal. Two are for temperatures below gelatinization temperatures, one of which incorporates the effects of swelling of the grain. A third model is presented for wetting of a grain at temperatures above gelatinization, and hence cooking the grain. The models are developed as partial differential equations, and solved in a variety of ways. A model that ignores swelling at temperatures below gelatinization is solved for wetting times by using the concept of mean action time, which reduces the problem to an exactly solvable linear Poisson equation. The other two models, which include swelling and cooking respectively, are solved approximately, taking advantage of the steep nonlinear diffusion fronts that develop. The aim of the modelling is to improve understanding of the cooking of whole-grain cereals prior to processing into breakfast cereals. Moisture penetration curves are obtained and compared. Regions where the penetration rate is approximately linear are noted, suggesting that nonlinear diffusion equations are a promising way to model grain wetting and cooking.
cooking cereals, nonlinear diffusion, swelling, Stefan
1471-678X
49-70
McGuinness, M.J.
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Please, C.P.
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Fowkes, N.
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McGowan, P.
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Ryder, L.
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Forte, D.
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McGuinness, M.J.
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Please, C.P.
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Fowkes, N.
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McGowan, P.
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Ryder, L.
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McGuinness, M.J., Please, C.P., Fowkes, N., McGowan, P., Ryder, L. and Forte, D. (2000) Modelling the wetting and cooking of a single cereal grain. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 11 (1), 49-70. (doi:10.1093/imaman/11.1.49).

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Three models are presented for the wetting of whole grains of cereal. Two are for temperatures below gelatinization temperatures, one of which incorporates the effects of swelling of the grain. A third model is presented for wetting of a grain at temperatures above gelatinization, and hence cooking the grain. The models are developed as partial differential equations, and solved in a variety of ways. A model that ignores swelling at temperatures below gelatinization is solved for wetting times by using the concept of mean action time, which reduces the problem to an exactly solvable linear Poisson equation. The other two models, which include swelling and cooking respectively, are solved approximately, taking advantage of the steep nonlinear diffusion fronts that develop. The aim of the modelling is to improve understanding of the cooking of whole-grain cereals prior to processing into breakfast cereals. Moisture penetration curves are obtained and compared. Regions where the penetration rate is approximately linear are noted, suggesting that nonlinear diffusion equations are a promising way to model grain wetting and cooking.

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Published date: 2000
Additional Information: IMA is Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Keywords: cooking cereals, nonlinear diffusion, swelling, Stefan

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Local EPrints ID: 29248
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29248
ISSN: 1471-678X
PURE UUID: 9eb85f0d-ba89-4f8d-85a5-d7ad07b082a2

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Date deposited: 19 Jul 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 07:29

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Author: M.J. McGuinness
Author: C.P. Please
Author: N. Fowkes
Author: P. McGowan
Author: L. Ryder
Author: D. Forte

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