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Engineering Review : International journal for publishing of original researches from the aspect of structural analysis, materials and new technologies in the field of mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, fundamental engineering sciences, computer sciences, electrical engin, Vol. 38 No. 3, 2018.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.30765/er.38.3.4

Development of an ultrasonic device for quality evaluation of yogurt

Zlatin Zlatev orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-5048 ; Trakia University, Faculty of Technics and Technologies, Yambol, Bulgaria
Tanya Pehlivanova
Antoaneta Dimitrova orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-1565-8254
Stanka Baycheva
Ira Taneva orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9500-8256
Krasimira Keremidchieva

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Abstract

In this article a possibility of application of the ultrasonic non-contact method for assessing the quality of yogurt was researched. A prediction assessment was made by an ultrasound based on four parameters – pH, conductivity, fat content, and viscosity. An ultrasonic device was developed to determine the parameters of yoghurt by modified ultrasound sensor available commercially. In order to obtain data for post-processing, a software application was designed for recognizing the ultrasonic signal through the image processing and analysis techniques.

The developed algorithms and procedures were applied to determine the distance between the object and the sensor, whereby basic physico-chemical parameters of yogurt could be predicted with the lowest relative error. The working distance was 35 cm for the considered system. The survey results show that the parameters fat content, pH, conductivity, and viscosity of yogurt could be predicted by the proposed system for contactless measurement with accuracy of 94-97%.

Keywords

ultrasound sensor; image analysis; yogurt quality

Hrčak ID:

201159

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/201159

Publication date:

11.6.2018.

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