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08-06-2007 1 FREEZE: contact-free monitoring by means of mm waves Presentation : Prof. dr. ir. Johan Stiens Email: [email protected] 08-10-2014
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08-06-2007 1
FREEZE: contact-free monitoring by means of mm waves
Presentation : Prof. dr. ir. Johan StiensEmail: [email protected]
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+ OUR R&D TRACK since PROJECT KICK-OFF (Dec 2011)
+ EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS: FROM LAB TESTS to @ LINE TESTS
+ CALIBRATION: DEGREE OF FREEZINESS (DOF)
+ PROTOTYPES: EVOLUTION, COSTS, CMOS SOLUTIONS
+ TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL IN-LINE SOLUTIONS
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Work Flow: Freeze monitoring
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Models Thermal modeling
Dielectric modeling: mixing models
Electromagnetic interaction: Flat & Non-Flat samples
Sensor configurations
Experiments Lab experiments @ VUB
Prototypes Design – Purchase – Construct – Test @ VUB – Test @ Partner
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PHASE CHANGES (generalization)
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OTHER APPLICATIONS:
- Polymerization reactions: Eggs, Meat
- Protein conformational changes - denaturation
- Monitoring Heating processes:
- Pasteurization, Sterilization, UHT
- Fouling
- Oil degradation
- ….
- Monitoring Cleaning processes
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Modelling work + validation
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Thermal model
Electromagnetic solver
Temperature, ice fraction distributions
(X,Y,Z, time)
Mixing Formulas
e (X,Y, Z, time, T, Ice, water, freq)
Planar 3D
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Data
conditioning
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Modelling work + validation: DOF
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QUANTITATIVE PHYSICO-MATHEMATICAL BASED
+ DETERMINATION OF DEGREE OF FREEZINESS (DOF)
+ CALIBRATION PROCEDURE
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First field tests very promising!
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Tested in Farm Frites
Tested in McCain and Dujardin: results as per expectation
Thank you
for your
support!
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PROTOTYPES: PROGRESS
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PROTOTYPE PROGRESS:
+ SINCE START OF PROJECT: prototypes generation 4
+ PROTOTYPES @ LINE, PROVIDED WITH EXTRA SENSING OPTIONS
+ NEXT PROTOTYPES: for INLINE WILL BE DISCUSSED
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FUTURE
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PROTOTYPES: RESULTS
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RESULTS:
+ CONFIGURATIONS ESTABLISHED
+ SPECIFICATIONS FOR COMPONENTS DERIVED
+ COST ANALYSIS OF PROTOTYPES based on COTS
+ COST SENSITIVE COMPONENTS IDENTIFIED
+ DOWNSCALING via CMOS, ANTENNA ARRAYS,…
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PROTOTYPES: TOWARDS INLINE
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PROCESS INTEGRATION and INDUSTRIALIZATION
- PERIPHERAL ELECTRONICS:
Power supplies, DAQ, PCB integration,…
Output: Webserver based data logger
- INDUSTRIAL ROBUSTNESS: CLEANING, WATER VAPOUR,…
- INLINE INTEGRATION: MECHANICAL MANIPULATION TOOLS
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VALUE- COSTS - MARKETS
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EXAMPLE FREEZER: 10.000 ton /Y
- Energy consumption for freezing: 120-200 kWh /ton
- Energy bill for freezing: 200K – 400 K€ /Y
- Food value: 5- 20 M€ /Y (0.5 – 2 €/kg)
MARKET FROZEN VEGETABLES
- BE: 1.2 – 1.5 Million ton/Y (27% of EU)
- Installations: BE: ± 100 , EU: ± 400
GLOBAL FROZEN FOOD MARKET: 240 B€ /Y (2019)
SPILL-OVER to FREEZE-DRYING (FOOD, PHARMA,BIOTECH,…)
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FURTHER INDUSTRIALIZATION
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SPIN-OFF COMPANY: M2WAVE (BE) – AQUANTIS (CH)
- INCUBATION ONGOING
- SENSOR APPLICATIONS in VARIOUS INDUSTRIES
- PRODUCT INTEGRATION BY COLLABORATION
INDUSTRIAL PROCESS MONITORING
- FREEZING – DRYING – FREEZE-DRYING
- QUALITY CONTROL of PRODUCTION
ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION in LIFE SCIENCES: LABEL-FREE
- STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION: CRYSTALLIZATION, AMYLOID, LIPOSOME
- BINDING ASSAYS: KINETICS, AFFINITY,…
- DNA ASSAYS: PCR, SNP,…
