Effect of System Parameters on Target Parameters in Extrusion Cooking of Corn Grit by Twin-Screw Extruder

옥분 압출가공시 이축압출성형기의 System Parameters에 따른 압출물의 특성변화

To analyze the effects of the system parameters on the target parameters, which include the amount of water evaporation, water solubility index(WSI) and water absorption index(WAI), test trials of fractional factorial design of the three process variables at three levels were carried out for corn grit with a laboratory twin-screw extruder with three different screw configurations. The system parameters collected from the trials, such as extrusion temperature, specific mechanical energy input(SME) and mean residence time(RT), were showed the ranges of $129{\sim}182^{\circ}C$, $67{\sim}163\;kwh/ton$ and $12{\sim}34\;sec$, respectively. Within these ranges of the system parameters, the target parameters were able to be quantified by using multiple regression equations. The correlation of results with the system parameters blocked by the screw configuration as dependent variables, yield correlation coefficients above 0.90, and the correlation using the system parameters obtained from whole experiment system as the dependent variables yield correlation coefficients around 0.80. The functional relationship, which can be quantified by second order polynomial regression equation with only two system parameters within necessary degree of accuracy, can he graped in three dimensional surface response and contour diagrams.

스크류조합을 달리한 실험실용 twin-screw extruder를 사용하여 corn grit를 원료 투입량($30{\sim}60\;kg/hr$), 스크류 회전속도($200{\sim}400\;rpm$) 및 die hole 수($2{\sim}6$개) 범위에서 압출하면서 측정된 system parameters(압출온도, 기계적 에너지 소모율, 평균 체류시간)가 압출물의 특성을 나타내는 target parameters(수분 증발량, 수분 용해도지수 및 수분 흡착지수)에 미치는 영향을 스크류 조합별과 전체 실험결과를 다중회귀분석을 통하여 회귀식으로 나타내면, 스크류조합별 관계식에서는 상관계수가 0.90 이상 이었으며, 구획하지 않은 전체 회귀식에서는 0.80 정도의 상관계수를 보였다. 이상의 결과는 system analysis approach을 이용하면, 상이한 extruder사이의 조업자료 중 system parameters의 분석을 통하여 목적 제품의 특성을 예측할 수 있는 가능성을 보여준다고 생각된다.