A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey

One of the problems faced in stingless bee honey storage is spoilage by the fermentation process occurs in honey due to its high water content. There are a few techniques available currently, but they are time consuming and there is excessive heat involved in the process. The temperature of the proc...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad Syazwan, Ramli, Firdaus, Basrawi, Daing Mohamad Nafiz, Daing Idris, Ahmmad Shukrie, Md Yudin, Thamir Khalil, Ibrahim
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18402/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18402/1/A%20New%20Dewatering%20Technique%20for%20Stingless%20Bees%20Honey.pdf

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spelling	ump-184022018-08-29T01:35:49Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18402/ A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey Ahmad Syazwan, Ramli Firdaus, Basrawi Daing Mohamad Nafiz, Daing Idris Ahmmad Shukrie, Md Yudin Thamir Khalil, Ibrahim TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery One of the problems faced in stingless bee honey storage is spoilage by the fermentation process occurs in honey due to its high water content. There are a few techniques available currently, but they are time consuming and there is excessive heat involved in the process. The temperature of the process must be kept low because excessive heat can deteriorate nutrition value and biochemical content in honey. Hence, a new method of honey dewatering was developed using a Low Temperature Vacuum Drying (LTVD) with induced nucleation technique. The objective of this research is to investigate the performance of a LTVD with induced nucleation to reduce the water content in honey. First, the honey was placed in a pressure vessel, and then air was removed. Then, the honey was slightly heated at 30 ºC and the water content before and after the experiment was measured by a refractometer. The steps were repeated until the water content reached below 20%. It was found that the LTVD method improved the water removal rate significantly with an average of 0.15% of water content per minute. That is 3 times much faster than the conventional method of low temperature heating by Tabouret. Higher temperature during dewatering process improved the dewatering rate significantly. It can be concluded that LTVD is a promising option in tackling the high water content in stingless bee honey issue. 2017-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18402/1/A%20New%20Dewatering%20Technique%20for%20Stingless%20Bees%20Honey.pdf Ahmad Syazwan, Ramli and Firdaus, Basrawi and Daing Mohamad Nafiz, Daing Idris and Ahmmad Shukrie, Md Yudin and Thamir Khalil, Ibrahim (2017) A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey. In: 1st International Meliponine Scientific Conference, Convention & Carnival., 16-18 May 2017 , Putrajaya, Malaysia. pp. 1-4.. (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Ahmad Syazwan, Ramli Firdaus, Basrawi Daing Mohamad Nafiz, Daing Idris Ahmmad Shukrie, Md Yudin Thamir Khalil, Ibrahim A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey
description	One of the problems faced in stingless bee honey storage is spoilage by the fermentation process occurs in honey due to its high water content. There are a few techniques available currently, but they are time consuming and there is excessive heat involved in the process. The temperature of the process must be kept low because excessive heat can deteriorate nutrition value and biochemical content in honey. Hence, a new method of honey dewatering was developed using a Low Temperature Vacuum Drying (LTVD) with induced nucleation technique. The objective of this research is to investigate the performance of a LTVD with induced nucleation to reduce the water content in honey. First, the honey was placed in a pressure vessel, and then air was removed. Then, the honey was slightly heated at 30 ºC and the water content before and after the experiment was measured by a refractometer. The steps were repeated until the water content reached below 20%. It was found that the LTVD method improved the water removal rate significantly with an average of 0.15% of water content per minute. That is 3 times much faster than the conventional method of low temperature heating by Tabouret. Higher temperature during dewatering process improved the dewatering rate significantly. It can be concluded that LTVD is a promising option in tackling the high water content in stingless bee honey issue.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ahmad Syazwan, Ramli Firdaus, Basrawi Daing Mohamad Nafiz, Daing Idris Ahmmad Shukrie, Md Yudin Thamir Khalil, Ibrahim
author_facet	Ahmad Syazwan, Ramli Firdaus, Basrawi Daing Mohamad Nafiz, Daing Idris Ahmmad Shukrie, Md Yudin Thamir Khalil, Ibrahim
author_sort	Ahmad Syazwan, Ramli
title	A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey
title_short	A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey
title_full	A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey
title_fullStr	A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey
title_full_unstemmed	A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey
title_sort	new dewatering technique for stingless bees honey
publishDate	2017
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18402/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18402/1/A%20New%20Dewatering%20Technique%20for%20Stingless%20Bees%20Honey.pdf
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A New Dewatering Technique for Stingless Bees Honey

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