Research Article

Denaturation Kinetics of Whey Protein Isolate Solutions and Fouling Mass Distribution in a Plate Heat Exchanger

Figure 10

Plots of the dry deposit masses per unit area versus the ratio of unfolding and aggregation rate constants for the 1% w/w WPI solutions (closed symbols: 100 ppm calcium; open symbols: 120 ppm calcium) ( corresponds to the thermal profile number given in Figure 4 and Table 2).