Development of novel microwave-assisted freeze-drying unit combined with natural working fluid-based refrigeration system for agriculture and marine foods

Research in the FrostWave Project is both basic as well as applied and of R&D type. The industrial research concerns both the currently used lyophilizers and the modified structures proposed in the project.

Substantial part of the research in the project requires experiments and measurements carried out using modern measuring equipment. More detailed information on the measurements carried out in the project can be found on the EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH subpage.

An equally important part of the research in the project is developing advanced computational models of the processes, runing computer simulations and designing new solutions. So it is a whole range of R & D activities. More detailed information about these activities can be found on the NUMERICAL RESEARCH subpage.

Work Package WP1:

Task T1.1. Analytical and experimental study of the process performance (1M-6M)

Task T1.2. CFD model development of the standard device (1M-3M)

Task T1.3. CFD model validation of the standard device (3M-6M)

Task T1.4. Definition of the operating parameters of the MW device (1M-6M)

Work Package WP2:

Task T2.1. Analytical and theoretical analysis of the refrigeration unit with respect to the environment impact of the refrigerant (M4-M9)

Task T2.2. Design and manufacture of the refrigeration unit with respect to the environment impact of the refrigerant (M6-M15)

Task T2.3. CFD and mechanical analysis of the MW-based heat delivery (M12-18)

Task T2.4. Design of the MW-heated unit (M15-21)

Work Package WP3:

Task T3.1. Determination of the best practice boundary conditions of the MW lyophilisator with reference unit (M12-M21)

Task T3.2. Manufacture of the MW lyophilisator test rig (M19-M29)

Task T3.3. Experimental study of the MW lyophilisator (M22-M29)

Task T3.4. Quality analyse and benchmarking with standard technology (M19-M27)

Work Package WP4:

Task T4.1. Prototyping of the MW-heated Iyophilisator unit

Task T4.2. Development and implementation of the control system (CS)

Task T4.3. Long-term operation of the MW-heated lyophilisatorW

Task T4.4. Modifications and calibration of the MW-heated lyophilisator