Applying Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (ScCO2) for Instant Rice Production | Chapter 4 | Scientific Research, New Technologies and Applications Vol. 9

Rice is one of the most important foods for humans especially in Latin America and in Asian countries. In addition, rice is the most valuable for the fundamentals of the Thai economy. In order to produce instant rice, this study looked into the use of supercritical carbon dioxide (ScCO₂). The efficiency of three pretreatment techniques—cooking, freezing, and ScCO₂—in shortening the time required for rehydration and maintaining rice quality was compared. The findings demonstrated that the pretreatment of white and brown rice with ScCO₂ at 600 bar notably reduced the amount of time needed for rehydration. Furthermore, the rice grains' increased porosity as a result of the ScCO₂ treatment aided in their quicker rehydration. This study highlights the potential of ScCO₂ as a technology that could produce instant rice of superior quality and greater cooking convenience, benefiting the food industry as well as consumers.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Mohammad Naghi Eshtiaghi
Department of Chemical Engineering, Mahidol University, 25/25 Puthamonthon Sai 4, Salaya, 73170 Nakhorn Pathom, Thailand.

 

Nithima Nakthong
Department of Chemical Engineering, Mahidol University, 25/25 Puthamonthon Sai 4, Salaya, 73170 Nakhorn Pathom, Thailand.

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/srnta/v9/2811

Monitoring the Upgraded Democracy Adjusted for the 21st Century | Chapter 5 | New Horizons in Education and Social Studies Vol. 7

 The author explores how Democracy, the world's leading system of government, blends with the immense changes that have occurred in the world in the 21st century. Technology induces many changes that have often arisen before individuals and their organisations are able to digest them and competently. The author proposes several approaches and models to help nations carry out the initiative to revise and develop their running systems. The author offers a two-aspect methodology, built from conceptual and psychological approaches, to carry out this task. They are: the philosophical side of the brain-the objective way of thought, and the psychological approach, reflecting the emotions of the inner self-the emotional strategy against real events. This two-aspect approach allows one to evaluate and understand political affairs as well. The principal path and the political establishment objectives would remain elusive and vague without a general philosophical observation. The motives, motors, and human concerns can not be appreciated without a psychological awareness of the participants, both leaders and followers. The picture acknowledged and the information gained are much more complete and important by using these two complementary approaches.

Author(s) Details

Amos Avny

Omnidev International, Yehud, Israel.

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