Print Email Facebook Twitter Revealing how maltodextrin-containing droplets dry using optical coherence tomography Title Revealing how maltodextrin-containing droplets dry using optical coherence tomography Author Sewalt, E.J.G. (TU Delft ChemE/Product and Process Engineering) Kalkman, J. (TU Delft ImPhys/Computational Imaging) van Ommen, J.R. (TU Delft ChemE/Product and Process Engineering) Meesters, G.M.H. (TU Delft ChemE/Product and Process Engineering) van Steijn, V. (TU Delft ChemE/Product and Process Engineering) Date 2022 Abstract Properties of powders produced from drying solute-containing droplets arise from the dynamic redistribution of solute during drying. While insights on the dynamic redistribution are instrumental for the rational design of powders and for the optimized operation of equipment such as spray dryers, experimental techniques that allow measuring the spatio-temporal concentration of solute in drying droplets are scarce. In this work, we explore and demonstrate the use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure the spatio-temporal concentration of solute in drying droplets and the development of a solidifying shell at the liquid-air interface, using aqueous droplets of maltodextrin as a model system. This work provides a solid foundation for the use of OCT to quantify the dynamic redistribution of solute and link it to the development of the morphology of the produced particles and agglomerates. Subject Component reorganization during dryingDrying dropletOptical coherence tomographyParticle morphologySingle droplet dryingSpray dryingStickiness To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c1400999-1a0a-47ee-8652-30c7152ea0c3 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111049 ISSN 0963-9969 Source Food Research International, 157 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2022 E.J.G. Sewalt, J. Kalkman, J.R. van Ommen, G.M.H. Meesters, V. van Steijn Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0963996922001065_main.pdf 3.52 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c1400999-1a0a-47ee-8652-30c7152ea0c3/datastream/OBJ/view