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1293-1299 T. Jehlička and J. Sander
Modification of the rheological properties of the honey in the honeycombs prior to its extraction in the production conditions
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Modification of the rheological properties of the honey in the honeycombs prior to its extraction in the production conditions

T. Jehlička¹* and J. Sander²

¹Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Technological Equipment of Buildings, Kamýcká 129, CZ 165 21 Prague 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic
²Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Technological Equipment of Buildings, Kamýcká 129, CZ 165 21 Prague 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic
*Correspondence: jehlickat@tf.czu.cz

Abstract:

This paper addresses the issue of honey extraction in difficult conditions (prevailing cold weather) and the extraction of highly viscous honey from the honeycombs. The objective was to design and validate a technology that will reduce the viscosity of honey in the honeycombs by warming up by infrared radiation and shorten the total time of honey extraction. To verify the proposed procedure three groups of samples of the capped honeycombs were selected that contained honey of different botanical origin and rheological properties. The honeycombs were warmed up to the targeted temperature (from 15 °C to 40 °C). Warming was carried out by two low-temperature emitters of the infrared radiation. The time dependence of honey extraction on the temperature of the pre-heated honeycombs was monitored. The measured values indicate that the dependence of the rheological properties of honey on temperature is technologically significant. Operational monitoring shown that the optimal rheological properties for the processing of the honeycombs are at a temperature above 30 °C as the time necessary for the honeycombs extraction reaches its minimum value. The optimal temperature for the honeycomb extraction can be considered the temperature above 30 °C which corresponds to the extraction time for about 4 minutes. The evaluation of the obtained results demonstrates the operational reliability of the proposed technology. Measurements proved that the infrared radiation is suitable for warming up of the honeycombs, warming up is quick and results in time reduction of honey extraction from honeycombs is dependent on temperature.

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