The removal of unwanted entities or soiling material from surfaces is an essential operation
in many personal, industrial, societal, and environmental applications. The use of liquid …

There is considerable scope for the optimization of processes subject to fouling by effective
management of cleaning. The cleaning cycle starts with the (often complex) material …

The UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council supported a series of
meetings in 2021 to develop a roadmap for future research in Quantitative Modelling in …

The effects of surface tension and viscosity on the measured tensile strength (surface
stickiness) of carbohydrate (fructose, lactose and maltodextrin) and protein (Whey protein …

The stickiness development of droplets of whey protein isolate (WPI), lactose and their
mixture solutions was determined using an in situ stickiness testing device at 24, 65 and 80° …

The removal of film-like soils is a challenge in many fields of production for consumer goods.
For ecological and economic reasons, these cleaning processes have to be optimized. A …

Cleaning is an important process step in the food industry, especially to avoid contamination
during increasingly frequent product changes. The equipment is cleaned almost daily …

A physical-numerical simulation model for the cleaning of swellable soils by diffusive
dissolution or cohesive separation of small soil particles, which was developed targeting a …

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of various operational parameters
and their interaction on cleaning rate of NaOH. The parameters include wall shear stress …

Clean-in-Place is an autonomous technique used to clean the internal surfaces of
processing equipment in the food and drink sector. However, these systems clean for a …