The objective of this study was to determine rheological properties of cold water-soluble potato starch. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) study showed that granule size of cold water-soluble potato starch was 10-60 μm, and shape was dimple in the middle, likely due to starch shrinkage after swelling during treatment. Cold water-soluble starch was prepared by ethanol (60%) and 3 M NaOH. The cold water solubility of native potato starch was low at 4.43±2.9%, whereas the solubility of cold water-soluble starch was high at 81.01±0.9%. The DSC diagram showed a gelatinization peak temperature of native starch but no such peak for treated starch. In dynamic tests, cold water-soluble starch showed decreased storage modulus (G') and loss modulus (G'') with increasing temperature, while native starch showed a continuous increase in G' and G''. This results indicated that cold water-soluble starch showed different granule structure and rheological properties.

This study was carried out in order to evaluate the design suitability of gas scrubbers, which have been operated in Siheung and Ansan Smarthubs, as an odor removal device. Detailed design data of 31 gas scrubbers installed between 2005 to 2014 were investigated. All the scrubbers investigated were found to use a “packed bed” design, and 30 of them used pall rings as packing materials. In determining the bed diameter of scrubbers, many facilities used incorrect packing parameters, which resulted in inappropriate design values for the bed diameter. In determining of the height of packed bed, the height of transfer unit (HTU) was calculated incorrectly because of the misuse of both the constants of packing materials and Schmidt numbers. In addition, the values of number of transfer unit (NTU) were found to be underestimated due to the low removal efficiency goal. Therefore, the adapted values of packed bed height were quite different from the ones calculated in many facilities.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the ability of natural antioxidants as stabilizers for meat by-products to prevent lipid oxidation. The white internal organs were evaluated using different treatments: no antioxidant (control), ascorbic acid (T1), Artemisiacapillaris Thunb. (T2), Opuntia (T3), Schisandra chinensis (T4), and Saururuschinensis (Lour.) Baill (T5). Antioxidant activities were analyzed by measuring DPPH contents, superoxide anion radical levels, nitrate scavenging activities, and total polyphenol contents. T1 and T2 showed higher antioxidant activities and total polyphenol contents (p<0.05). Additionally, changes in physicochemical properties (pH, color, volatile basic nitrogen [VBN], and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances [TBARS]) and microbiological aspects in white internal organs processed with antioxidants were investigated. As storage time increased, the CIE a* and b* values of the white internal organs processed with natural antioxidants were decreased (p<0.05), and CIE L* values were low, particularly for the T3 sample relative to that in the control. Moreover, the pH, VBN, and TBARS values of samples T2–T5 were increased after 7 days of storage, but showed low values compared with those of the control (p<0.05). Moreover, compared with the control group, the treatments showed antimicrobial effects. Our results indicated that these natural antioxidants could be used as lipid oxidation stabilizers of meat by-products during storage and that Artemisiacapillaris Thunb. and Opuntia may have applications as natural antioxidants in the meat by-product industry.