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Effect of Particle Size and Moisture Content on Viscosity of Fish Feed
Author(s) -
Lam C. Desmond,
Flores Rolando A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
cereal chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1943-3638
pISSN - 0009-0352
DOI - 10.1094/cchem.2003.80.1.20
Subject(s) - particle size , die swell , extrusion , viscosity , factorial experiment , water content , fractional factorial design , chemistry , moisture , plastics extrusion , composite material , particle (ecology) , expansion ratio , volume (thermodynamics) , materials science , thermodynamics , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , statistics , oceanography , physics , engineering , geology
A model was developed for the influence of particle size on the extrusion of a fish feed and the physical characteristics of the extrudates evaluated. The study was conducted using factorial experiments in a fractional replication design for four variables with three levels, and one‐third of the replicates (3 4 factorial in 27 units) were examined in a laboratory extruder. The torque‐screw speed measurement was used to develop a viscosity model equation that considered different shear rates, product temperature, initial moisture content, and particle size. When particle size decreased, the apparent viscosity became smaller. The barrel pressure was important in producing extrudate with a uniform volume over the range of processing conditions tested because it had a strong correlation with the volumetric expansion. The material with lower moisture and larger particles caused the specific mechanical energy to increase. The viscosity model developed in this study can be applied to the development of large‐scale extrusion models that determine the effect of particle size on the feed material extrudates.