Title :
Experimentation of melting kinetics control in a convective food thawing process
Author :
Loreto, M. Di ; Boillereaux, L. ; Conte, G. ; Giuliani, G. ; Moog, C.H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Recherche en Commun. et Cybernetique de Nantes, France
Abstract :
The control of the melting front velocity in some foodstuff has been experimented and is reported in this brief. The single control variable is the external temperature. The position of the melting front is not measured. Advanced control methods as trajectory planning, nonlinear tracking, or feedback linearization are shown to be effective tools in this pioneering control problem.
Keywords :
controllability; feedback; food processing industry; melting; nonlinear control systems; position control; temperature control; controllability; convective food thawing process; feedback linearization; melting kinetics control; nonlinear system; nonlinear tracking; temperature control; trajectory planning; Crystallization; Food industry; Heat transfer; Kinetic theory; Linear feedback control systems; Solid modeling; Temperature; Thermal conductivity; Thermal variables control; Trajectory; Control; controllability; defrosting treatment; feedback linearization; flat output; heat transfer; nonlinear systems; nonlinear tracking; trajectory planning;
Journal_Title :
Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCST.2005.852120
