A new approach in mathematical modeling and prediction of properties of fatty systems

• Grant number: 07/08136-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: July 01, 2008
• End date: November 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Roberta Ceriani
• Grantee: Roberta Ceriani
• Host Investigator: Rafiqul Gani
• Host Institution: Pessoa Física
• Institution abroad: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

Abstract

This post doctorate sandwich project is intended to allow a visit to the research group headed by Prof. Dr. Rafiqul Gani from the Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. Its duration is estimated in 5 months. It is focused on the extension of the applicability of existent predictive methods, as well as the development of new predictive methods for properties of fatty compounds, edible oils and correspondents, without the necessity of new laboratorial experiments. In fact, the determination of experimental data for properties of pure fatty compounds and their mixtures, in a variety of combinations of the components, involves, in general, specialized installations and people, besides being time consuming and expensive. On the other hand, a variety of these compounds are not easy to find in a grade good enough for a satisfactory determination of their properties. As a consequence, models and equations able to predict these properties become fundamental for process design and simulation. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SCANAVINI, HELENA F. A.; CERIANI, ROBERTA; CASSINI, CARLOS E. B.; SOUZA, ELSON L. R.; MAUGERI FILHO, FRANCISCO; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.. CACHACA PRODUCTION IN A LAB-SCALE ALEMBIC: MODELING AND COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 33, n. 1, p. 226-252, FEB 2010. (05/53095-2, 07/08136-8, 05/02079-7)

CERIANI, ROBERTA; GANI, RAFIQUL; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.. Prediction of heat capacities and heats of vaporization of organic liquids by group contribution methods. Fluid Phase Equilibria, v. 283, n. 1-2, p. 49-55, SEP 15 2009. (07/08136-8)

CERIANI, ROBERTA; PAIVA, FERNANDA R.; GONCALVES, CINTIA B.; BATISTA, EDUARDO A. C.; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.. Densities and Viscosities of vegetable oils of nutritional value. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, v. 53, n. 8, p. 1846-1853, AUG 2008. (05/53095-2, 07/08136-8, 05/02079-7)

CERIANI, ROBERTA; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.; GANI, RAFIQUL. SIMULATION OF THIN-FILM DEODORIZERS IN PALM OIL REFINING. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 33, p. 18-pg., 2010-02-01. (05/53095-2, 05/02079-7, 07/08136-8)

CERIANI, ROBERTA; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.; GANI, RAFIQUL. SIMULATION OF THIN-FILM DEODORIZERS IN PALM OIL REFINING. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 33, n. 1, p. 208-225, FEB 2010. (05/53095-2, 07/08136-8, 05/02079-7)

SCANAVINI, HELENA F. A.; CERIANI, ROBERTA; CASSINI, CARLOS E. B.; SOUZA, ELSON L. R.; MAUGERI FILHO, FRANCISCO; MEIRELLES, ANTONIO J. A.. CACHACA PRODUCTION IN A LAB-SCALE ALEMBIC: MODELING AND COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 33, p. 27-pg., 2010-02-01. (05/53095-2, 05/02079-7, 07/08136-8)