Exam 4 Flashcards
Food vs Feed difference
Psychological
Both are:
nutritious, safe, palatable to the consumer
Why is feed ground instead of just cracker
To improve feed efficiency (wt gain per feed consumed)
reduce transport loss
increase storage space efficiency
Methods of grinding grain for feed and the form of the feed in each method
Roller mill when fed as mash
Hammermill when fed as pellets
Roller milll process
steam if going to crimp
dry mill
crimp (same as bumped)
Hammer mill description and product
Blunt force against screen (hammer doing most of work)
fine particle size
Grinding disadvantages
dusty product (health concerns, trucking losses)
segregation of additives
Low bulk density (takes up alot of space to store/transport)
Pelleting process
Grains (and other minerals, vit, enzymes) mixed with steam
flows into pelleting chamber
compressed into a die
pellet drops out and is cooled (size/shape vary based on animal)
screened for size (anything not right gets re-extruded)
Pelleting advantages
improved handling
improved feed efficiencies (partially gelatinized the starch, denatured proteins, more homogenous mix)
less loss
Aquatic feeds are ___ if it is a floating or slow sinking feed
extruded
Aquatic feeds are ___ if it is a feed that sinks quickly
pelleted
Aquatic feeds
- protein levels
- ingredients
high protein level
up to 50 diff ingredients that must be equally distributed in the pellet
Pet food processing options
Dry expanded - pellets or extruded
semi-moist= extruded (no expansion)
soft expanded = water added in extruder, extruded
Snacks and treats = baked or extruded
Rheology definition
study of how materials deform, flow, or fail when force is applied
-complex systems
Viscous flow
material will flow under stress but not recover immediately (honey)
Newtonian Viscosity
Ideal viscosity, is not affected by shear rate
just water
Non-Newtonian Viscosity
- definition
- challenge
Shear rate and time affect viscosity (real-life)
-viscosity decreases with increased shear
(stir something faster and it gets thinner)
-must measure shear at diff points to get diff viscosity readings (challenge)
Elasticity
definition and bonding
Material will deform but returns to its original size and shape instantaneously when the force is released.
(highly cross-linked, large molecular wt- rubber band)
Viscoelastic (definition and bonding
Viscous but elastic.
Cross connected with non-covalent bonds that are constantly bonding and breaking. Does not return to original shape.
Deformation
alter the shape by pressure or stress
stress
force exerted on the material
strain
resistance to stress
Moldulus
Mathematical interpretation of stiffness
-stiff substance doesn’t move when you push on it
Storage moldulus
measure of energy stored
E prime = tension or compression
G prime= sheering or twisting motions
Loss modulus
Measure of energy lost as heat
E double prime = tension compression
G double prime= sheering twisting