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Extrusion parameters and physical transformations of an extrudate for fish: Effect of the addition of hydrolyzed protein flour from by-products of Oncorhynchus mykiss

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionThe food industries play a fundamental role in feeding for the functions of animal metabolism. Fish feed extrusion cooking includes process-independent factors such as temperature (°C), screw speed (RPM), throughput, feed, and moisture ...
José Luis Hoyos-Concha, Héctor Samuel Villada-Castillo, Diego Fernando Roa-Acosta, Alejandro Fernández-Quintero, Rodrigo Ortega-Toro   +4 more
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Towards Large Particle Size in Compound Feed: Using Expander Conditioning Prior to Pelleting Improves Pellet Quality and Growth Performance of Broilers

Animals, 2022
During the processing of compound feed for broilers, several changes occur that affect the physical and probably the nutritional properties of pellets, influencing animal performance. The effects of mill type, particle size (PS) and expander conditioning
Marco Antônio Ebbing, Nadia Yacoubi, Victor Naranjo, Werner Sitzmann, Karl Schedle, Martin Gierus   +5 more
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Advancing Paper Industry Applications with Extruded Cationic Wheat Starch as an Environmentally Friendly Biopolymer

Polysaccharides, 2023
Within the domain of starch modification, the study delved into cationization of wheat starch through a laboratory-scale twin-screw extruder, exploring various processing conditions.
Ahmed Tara
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Influence of carbon black trimodal mixture on LDPE films properties: Part2 – SME

Polímeros, 2022
In this work, the influence of Specific Mechanical Energy (SME) to disperse a trimodal distribution of carbon black (CB) by extrusion was studied to evaluating the effect on LDPE films properties (colorimetric and rheological).
Juliano Martins Barbosa, Cesar Augusto Gonçalves Beatrice, Luiz Antonio Pessan   +2 more
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Real-Time Minimization of Mechanical Specific Energy with Multivariable Extremum Seeking

Energies, 2021
Drilling more efficiently and with less non-productive time (NPT) is one of the key enablers to reduce field development costs. In this work, we investigate the application of a data-driven optimization method called extremum seeking (ES) to achieve more
Magnus Nystad, Bernt Sigve Aadnøy, Alexey Pavlov   +2 more
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A New Mechanical Specific Energy Model for Composite Impact Drilling

Applied Sciences, 2022
Composite impact drilling technology is one of the important techniques to increase drilling speeds in deep hard formations. In order to evaluate the efficiency of drilling with a composite impactor in real time and effectively, and to further improve ...
Jianyu Qin, Siyuan Yin, Naitong Yang, Xuyue Chen, Bo Tian, Liang Xue, Yi Ma   +6 more
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Development of Monitoring and Forecasting Technology Energy Efficiency of Well Drilling Using Mechanical Specific Energy

Energies, 2022
This article is devoted to the development of technology for improving the efficiency of directional well drilling by predicting and adjusting the system of static and dynamic components of the actual weight on the bit, based on the real-time data ...
Andrey Kunshin, Mikhail Dvoynikov, Eduard Timashev, Vitaly Starikov   +3 more
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PECT: A tool for computing the temporal and spatial variation of externalities related to power generation in the United States

SoftwareX, 2019
This work introduces the Power Externality Correlation Tool (PECT); an interactive computer model that captures temporal and spatial variations in indirect emissions and water usage associated with electricity generation in the United States.
Kaden Plewe, Amanda D. Smith
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Changes in the physical properties and specific mechanical energy of corn-mango peel extrudates

CyTA - Journal of Food, 2020
A corn-mango peel blend was processed using a laboratory-scale single-screw extruder, which led to the determination of the apparent density, yellowness, and specific mechanical energy of the extrudate.
Mazween Mohamad Mazlan, Rosnita A. Talib, Farah Saleena Taip, Nyuk Ling Chin, Rabiha Sulaiman, Radhiah Shukri, Mohd Zuhair Mohd Nor   +6 more
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Localized Actual Meteorological Year File Creator (LAF): A tool for using locally observed weather data in building energy simulations

SoftwareX, 2019
The Localized Actual Meteorological Year File Creator (LAF) application provides web-based access to real meteorological data and processes it into a weather file suitable for building energy modeling.
Carlo Bianchi, Amanda D. Smith
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