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Competitive advantage
- Expertise in transport phenomena for the design and optimisation of thermal pasteurisation of liquid foods, and the freezing, chilling and drying of solid foods
- Novel and non-thermal processing technologies, such as radio frequency electric field and ultrasound, to enhance the quality of processed foods
- Use of mathematical modelling to develop new, and optimise existing, processing technologies
Impact
- Increased the quality of coffee brews
- Enhanced the oil yield extraction from oilseeds
Successful applications
- Novel technology to produce coffee brews of enhanced organoleptic properties with the assistance of ultrasound
- Radio frequency technology for the non-thermal pasteurisation of fruit juices
- Ultrasonic process to enhance the oil extraction from oilseeds
- Plasma activated water system for the surface decontamination of red meats
Capabilities and facilities
- Equipment for radio frequency processing, ultrasound processing, high pressure and non-thermal plasma
Our partners
- CSIRO
- Australian Meat processing corporation