Functional Properties of Rice Bran Protein Isolate at Different pH Levels

The functional properties of proteins from Tarom and Shiroodi cultivars were determined and compared with technological aspects of food and nutraceutical applications. Shiroodi has higher protein content than Tarom, and the yields of protein obtained were 72.88 and 66.36%, respectively. Nitrogen solubilities of rice bran protein of Tarom were more than Shiroodi at all pH levels. In addition, higher solubility was found in acidic or alkaline conditions. Although the rice bran proteins had lower emulsifying properties than bovine serum albumin, they had similar foaming properties in comparison with egg white. Tarom isolates had a significantly higher solubility, emulsifying property, and foaming stability and greater surface properties than Shiroodi isolates. The results showed the surface hydrophobicities of rice bran protein were greater than casein and ovalbumin and lower than other proteins such as bovine serum albumin. Water and oil absorption capacities were 1.03 and 1.66 for Tarom and 87.3 and 75.3 for Shiroodi, respectively. The bulk densities of Tarom and Shiroodi were also 0.55 and 0.53 g/mL, which make them suitable for weaning food and other industrial applications. As a result, these rice bran proteins showed higher hydrophobicity than that of other rice bran protein varieties as well as more functionality. Thus, they have good potential in the food and pharmaceutical industries.     

基于网式过滤器滤网过滤两种模型的流场模拟分析

为探究滤网模型对网式过滤器流场的影响，对翻板网式过滤器采用CFD软件模拟计算不同过滤流速下两种不同形式滤网模型，将两种滤网模型的模拟值与试验值进行对比，并对滤网内部流场和压强场进行分析。结果表明：多孔阶跃模型具有计算耗时少、效率高的特点，多孔阶跃模型在模拟的耗时数值上约为三维滤网简化模型的1/6;多孔阶跃模型和三维滤网简化模型的流场和压强沿x轴都呈现逐渐减小的变化趋势；分析多孔介质交界面流速和压强的模拟数值，发现三维滤网简化模型能较好地模拟出多孔介质网孔结构阻挡作用和微观孔道的流动规律；三维滤网简化模型可以较好地还原介质结构参数对水头损失的影响而多孔阶跃模型能较好地还原介质过流量与水头损失的关系。研究可为实际工程中综合考虑介质特性选取高精度、高效率模型提供参考。