A localized freezing technique was proposed as an auxiliary method for retrofitting the lining of a vertical shaft. The influence of the freezing temperature, lining thickness, slot height, and slot duration on the evolution of the freezing wall in t...
Seasonal frozen soil has significant impacts on changes in soil mechanical properties, settlement, and damage to foundations. In order to study variations in the temperature and horizontal freezing force of loess during three-dimensional freezing, a...
Freezing tolerant tea cultivars are urgently needed. The tea cultivars with highly freezing tolerance showed resistance to freezing stress induced photoinhibition. Freezing sensitivity index (H) of 47 tea clonal cultivars was investigated after sever...
In order to prevent the problem of freezing pipe fracture in the process of artificial freezing construction, taking the main shaft freezing project of Shandong Yuncheng Mine as the background and based on the similarity theory, the similarity model...
During the spin freezing step of a recently developed continuous spin freeze-drying technology, glass vials are rapidly spun along their longitudinal axis. The aqueous drug formulation subsequently spreads over the inner vial wall, while a cold gas f...
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) is a common lactic acid bacteria used in the food industry with proven health benefits. Maintaining a high viability of probiotics during freeze drying and storage is crucial for their efficacy. The involvement of pro...
In order to predict the regular temperature change in tuna during the freezing process for cold chain transportation, improve the quality of frozen tuna, and reduce the energy consumption of freezing equipment, a three-dimensional numerical model for...
The advancement of massive construction in urban subway projects contributes to the increased use of the artificial ground freezing (AGF) method in the construction of cross passages due to its reliability and environmental friendliness. However, the...
Modeling software was used to improve the efficiency of existing immersion freezing equipment. The concept of adding a rotating hopper device was proposed to make pork rotate with the rotating hopper in a flowing refrigerant carrier to achieve the ef...
In this study, a self-cooling laboratory system was used for pressure–shift freezing (PSF), and the effects of pressure–shift freezing (PSF) at 150 MPa on the quality of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) during frozen storage at &mi...
The present article responds to the food engineering community’s growing interest in an emerging and lauded approach to food preservation, popularised by its developers as ‘isochoric freezing’. A strong campaign in the scientific li...
In this paper, the freezing and strengthening project of the Sanya estuary tunnel is analyzed, which is facilitated by the use of the partial differential equation (PDE) module in COMSOL Multiphysics software. The solid–liquid ratio is utilized...
In boreal and temperate forests, symbiotroph and saprotroph soil fungi must survive months of low temperatures or freezing during winter. In the temperate biome, this is particularly the case for high-elevation mountain forests. Soil freezing is thus...
While the roles of a few specific lipids in plant freezing tolerance are understood, the effect of many plant lipids remains to be determined. Acclimation of plants to non-freezing cold before exposure to freezing temperatures improves the outcome of...
In order to verify the cryoprotective effect of an antifreeze protein (BaAFP-1) obtained from barley on bread dough, the effect of BaAFP-1 on the rheological properties, microstructure, fermentation, and baking performance including the proofing time...
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Increasing numbers of women are undergoing oocyte or tissue cryopreservation for medical or social reasons to increase their chances of having genetic children. Social egg freezing (SEF) allows women to preserve their fertility in anticipation of age...
Artificial ground freezing (AGF) has emerged as a prominent treatment method due to its ability to mechanically strengthen the soil while reducing its permeability. However, its implementation has raised concerns about its impact, particularly with r...
The main objective of this study was firstly to investigate the influence of freezing process parameters on the formation of the internal structure of frozen coffee granules. It was investigated how these frozen internal structures affect the drying...
The freezing phenomenon has a dramatic impact on the quality of freeze-dried products. Several freezing models applied to solutions in vials have been proposed to predict the resulting product morphology and describe heat transfer mechanisms. However...
Frost heave is an important factor affecting the safety and practicability of buildings in cold regions or artificial freezing engineering. In order to reduce frost heave, frost-susceptible silty clay was used in a one-dimensional frost heave testing...
Spin freeze-drying, as a part of a continuous freeze-drying technology, is associated with a much higher drying rate and a higher level of process control in comparison with batch freeze-drying. However, the impact of the spin freezing rate on the dr...
This paper presents the influence of blanching, ultrasonic processing and freezing conditions on selected physical properties of freeze-dried red beet, i.e., water activity, structure, porosity and shrinkage. Red beets subjected to a selected pre-tre...
It has been established that one of the main problems in the technology of the production of loose food products is the sticking of vegetables or fruits into one block. It has been proven that one of the steps to solve this problem is the use of berr...
The distribution of biopharmaceuticals often requires either ultra-cold conditions or lyophilisation. In both cases, the drug product is frozen and, thus, exposed to similar stress conditions, which can be detrimental to its quality. However, these s...
Accurate frost depth prediction is an important aspect in different engineering designs such as for pavements, buildings, bridge foundations, and utility lines. This paper presents a probabilistic method of assessment of the depth of soil freezing. A...
The freezing stage governs several critical parameters of the freeze drying process and the quality of the resulting lyophilized products. This paper presents an integrated ultrasonic transducer (UT) in a stainless steel bottle and its application to...
To more comprehensively explore the mechanism of the active freezing and thawing process of a new tube–curtain freezing method in construction, the temperature field of the new tube–curtain freezing process is analyzed using finite elemen...
The Siberian salamander Salamandrella keyserlingii Dybowski, 1870 is a unique amphibian that is capable to survive long-term freezing at −55 °C. Nothing is known on the biochemical basis of this remarkable freezing tolerance, except for the fact that...
The study of freezing sets is part of the theory of fixed points in digital topology. Most of the previous work on freezing sets is for digital images in the digital plane
The Daxing’anling forest region represents a crucial forestry hub in China and confronts some of the nation’s most severe freezing–thawing hazards. This study delved into the temporal trends and spatial distributions of various para...
In order to study the influence of different factors on the temperature field of the freezing wall of connecting passage, and to evaluate the effect of different influencing factors, four groups of analyses were carried out through three-dimensional...
To investigate the impact of frozen storage conditions on the physicochemical properties of soybean protein and explore the underlying mechanisms, this study focused on soybean isolate (SPI), ß-soybean companion globulin (7S), and soybean globu...
Airport pavement concrete often suffers from freeze–thawing damage in high latitude and cold areas. In addition, the use of aircraft deicer makes the airport pavement concrete suffer from salt-freezing damage. To improve the durability of airpo...
A high-impact freezing rain event affected parts of southeastern Romania on 24–26 January 2019. The freezing rain caused extensive damages in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania. The meteorological analysis highlighted the presence of a part...
The homogeneous freezing of water is important in the formation of ice in clouds, but there remains a great deal of variability in the representation of the homogeneous freezing of water in the literature. The development of new instrumentation, such...
Artificial freezing methods can help highlight the mechanical properties of marine clay. The construction of cross passages in metro tunnels employs the freezing method. Freeze–thaw circulation, which is part of the process, affects the enginee...
The freeze-sealing pipe roof (FSPR) method was applied as an innovative construction technology to the Gongbei Tunnel of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge. A freezing scheme involving master freezing tubes, enhancing freezing tubes, and limiting free...
Infrared thermography has been widely used to study freezing processes in freezing resistant plants but hardly in freezing susceptible species. Solanum tuberosum leaves get frost killed at −3 °C and are unable to frost harden. The basic nat...
The high risk of metro tunnels that are underneath buildings in a water-rich layer has received much attention. The base slab of an upper structure deforms due to frost heave and settlement, which needs to be predicted before freezing and excavation....
Carrier particle spray freeze-drying is a new technology with high added value for thermosensitive powder spray freeze-drying. The technology includes the following steps: atomization, coating, freezing, and drying. Due to the action of carrier parti...
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of application of pulsed electric field (PEF) and different freezing methods (fast, slow and vacuum freezing) on the drying kinetics as well as selected physical properties of freeze-dried apple. Th...
Using the temperature and seepage field-coupling module within COMSOL Multiphysics software, we examined freezing behavior and its evolving patterns in curved underground freezing pipes. This study employed transient states, with the Darcy’s la...
This paper presents the results of an experimental study of freezing and thawing patterns of highways in Kazakhstan. Special sensors measure temperature and moisture change every hour in automatic mode. The purpose of this work is to develop a method...
Two rice varieties were used to study the effect of freezing and grinding processes on rice flour properties. The freezing and grinding processes followed by sieving mainly affected the particle size distribution, starch damage, and amylose content o...
The freeze-sealing pipe roof (FSPR) method, which combines the pipe roof method (PRM) with the artificial ground freezing (AGF) method, has been successfully utilized for the first time in the Gongbei Tunnel Project in China. During the construction...
Vacuum-induced surface freezing has been used to produce uni-directional freezing of colloidal aluminum oxide dispersions. It leads to zones of different structure within the resulting sintered monoliths that are highly similar to those known for fre...
Winter rapeseed is not only an important oilseed crop, but also a winter cover crop in Northern China, where its production was severely limited by freezing stress. As an overwinter crop, the production is severely limited by freezing stress. Therefo...
A new pre-supporting technology named the freeze-sealing pipe roof (FSPR) method was adopted in the construction of Gongbei tunnel (Zhuhai, China), a critical part of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau bridge (HZMB) project. The method combined p...
The application of conventional artificial ground freezing (AGF) has two disadvantages: low freezing rate and small frozen range. In this study, a new method with natural cold gas injection was proposed, whereby the shallow soils and water can be fro...
Freezing and thawing affect the structural integrity and quality of meat, yet these processes remain difficult to monitor due to spatial temperature gradients and non-uniform phase transitions. This study investigates the ability of ultrasound to det...
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