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Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. The authors express their gratitude for the financial support provided by the "Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO)" and the "Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)" in Spain (Project RTA2017-00024-C04-03). Eduardo A. Sanchez-Torres acknowledges the FPU PhD contract (FPU18/01439) awarded by the "Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades" in Spain.

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Analysis of the Induced Mild Heating by Airborne Ultrasound Application on the Convective Drying of Pork Liver

Publicated to:Food And Bioprocess Technology. 18 (5): 4502-4512 - 2025-01-02 18(5), DOI: 10.1007/s11947-024-03690-9

Authors: Sánchez-Torres, E. A., Giacomozzi, A. S., Abril, B., Benedito, J., Bon, J., & García-Pérez, J. V.

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Agrifood Res & Technol Ctr Aragon CITA, Zaragoza, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Food Engn FoodUPV, Valencia, Spain - Author

Abstract

Efficient use of meat by-products, such as pork liver, may entail a previous stage of dehydration for their stabilization, which involves significant energy and time investments. Airborne ultrasound application has been reported as a promising technique to accelerate the air drying of food materials. In this context, the present study addresses, for the first time, the thermal effect associated with ultrasound application on a meat by-product. For that purpose, drying experiments were conducted at 40 and 60 degrees C on pork liver cylinders at 2 m & sdot;s-1 with (US) and without (AIR) airborne ultrasound application. The modeling process was based on the principles of heat conduction and moisture diffusion, taking into account the external convection. The results showed that the use of ultrasound reduced the drying time by around 30% at 40 degrees C, although its impact was less pronounced at 60 degrees C. With the application of ultrasound, both the sample and air flow temperatures rose by about 4.5 and 2.5 degrees C, respectively, which partly explains the improvement of drying rate. Due to this low heating effect, airborne ultrasound application must be considered a non-thermal intensification strategy for convective drying of pork liver.

Keywords

Airborne ultrasoundAntioxidanBy-productsCerdoDryingEmerging technologiesEnhancementFoodHígado (alimento)High-intensity ultrasoundIntensificationKineticsMass-transferSecadoSubproductos de la carneTemperatureTests de aceptaciónThermal effecThermal effectTratamiento con ultrasonidoTratamiento térmico

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Food And Bioprocess Technology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 28/173, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Food Science & Technology.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-10:

  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-10:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 4.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 4 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10532/7445