جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Non-destructive » در نشریات گروه « مهندسی شیمی، نفت و پلیمر »

Regarding this fact that peroxidase (POD) activity is considered as one of the important qualitative parameters of apple fruits, in this study, the effect of cold storage on POD activity of Red Delicious apples were investigated during 60 days. Hyperspectral reflecting imaging in range of 400-1000 nm has been applied while POD of samples were measured according to standard methods. After discarding noises using principal component analysis (PCA), to improve spectrum, different primary pre-processing had been applied and their effects were investigated. The suitable model was obtained via Partial Least Square method (PLS). Important wavelengths were selected based on regression coefficient of the best model includes large absolute values of weighted regression coefficients (RC) and sequential predictions algorithm (SPA) and using various techniques were modeled. Concerning the PLS analysis, the best results were obtained through smoothing Savitzky-Golay pre-processing with mean square root error (RMSE) of 0.475 and 0.518 and coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.948 and 0.940 for calibration and validation data, respectively. According to RC and SPA, 9 wavelengths were determined as the best. In modeling by efficient wavelength, artificial neural network (ANN) and SPA Combined Model gave the best result. The results indicated that hyperspectral imaging could be considered as a valuable tool for POD activity prediction and the selected wavelengths could be potential resources for instrument development.

Quality assessment and fruits’ sorting are important activities in postharvest process that are attracting notices interestingly because of increasing demand for healthy products with better quality. In the recent decades, various non-invasive and non-destructive techniques for fruits and vegetables evaluations have been employed. Among these methods, hyperspectral imaging as a non-destructive, fast and ecofriendly technique is getting researchers’ attraction increasingly in order to crops properties assessment. Regarding this fact that consumption of organic acids and consequent changes pH is considered as one of the important qualitative parameters of apple fruits, this study aimed to investigate the effect of shelf life time on pH value of Red Delicious apples during 60 days. Hyperspectral reflecting imaging in range of 400-1000 nm has been applied while the pH of samples was measured destructively. After discarding noises using principal component analysis (PCA) analysis, to improve spectrum, different primary pre-processing had been applied and their effects were investigated. The suitable model was obtained via Partial Least Square method (PLS). Important wavelengths were selected based on regression coefficient of the best model includes large absolute values of weighted regression coefficients (BW) and using various techniques were modeled. Concerning the PLS analysis, the best results were obtained through smoothing Savitzky-Golay pre-processing with mean square root error (RMSE) of 0.02 and 0.018 and coefficient of determination (R2) both 0.980 for calibration and validation data, respectively. According to regression coefficient of the best model, 9 wavelengths were determined as the best. In modeling by efficient wavelength, artificial neural network (ANN) gave the best result. Hence, it was obvious that non-destructive method of hyperspectral imaging was capable to predict pH values of apple fruits with high accuracy during the shelf life.

In this research, the ability of the integrated non-destructive system including ultrasound, electrical resistance measurements and colorimetric assays to predict the textural properties (hardness, brittleness, viscosity, elasticity, guminess and chewiness) of trout fillets were evaluated. For this purpose, fillets were stored for 12 days at refrigerator temperature and then examined at interval times. At the same time physical, mechanical, chemical and sensory tests were performed on the fillets. The performance of neural network and support vector machine methods for predicting and modeling tissue properties were compared. In each model, physical properties were considered as inputs and textural properties as outputs and modeling was performed. The results showed that in the prediction of hardness, fragility and elasticity of the support vector machine and in the viscous, resin and chewability indices, the neural network method had more capability to model the texture properties, so that the root mean square error (RMSE) Hardness, fragility, viscosity, elasticity, gum and chewability indices were equal to 0.144, 0.025, 0.015, 0.015, 0.044 and 0.171 respectively and their correlation coefficients were equal 0.993, 0.985, 0.992, 0.961, 0.995 and 0.995. Therefore, the proposed non-destructive system in combination with artificial intelligence methods showed promises as a non-destructive and efficient tool for monitoring and quality control during trout fillet storage.

In this research via CT scan, the relationship between physical properties of pears and storage times with bruise due to loading force was investigated. Before loading and storing, 50 pears were examined using CT scan and 27 pears with zero bruise percentage were selected. Dimensions of pears (length, width, thickness) were measured, then properties such as the equivalent diameter, geometric mean diameter, spherical coefficient, surface area and aspect ratio of calculus were calculated, then selected pears were subjected to quasi-static loading with a thin edge pressure with three forces of 15, 20 and 25 N and 5, 10 and 15 days storage was used to investigate the effect of forces on pears. Then, after loading and storing, using the CT scan in each period of storage, the rate of pear bruise was calculated. The results of the experiments showed that there is an inverse relation between geometric diameter, arithmetic and equivalent diameter, spherical coefficient and aspect ratio with the bruise percentage. Also, a direct and unreasonable relationship between the level of the surface area and the percentage of bruising was obtained. Also, according to the obtained results, during the 5-day storage period, the amount of geometric diameter, arithmetic and equivalent diameter, spherical and aspect ratio on the percentage of bruising were not significantly affected and percentage of bruising can be almost zero and with increasing storage, the above parameter's will affect the percentage of bruising.