Cell adhesion in three-dimensional scaffolds plays a key role in tissue development. However, stem cell behavior in electrospun scaffolds under perfusion is not fully understood. Thus, an investigation was made on the effect of flow rate and shear stress, adhesion time, and seeding density under direct perfusion in polycaprolactone electrospun scaffolds on human dental pulp stem cell detachment. Polycaprolactone scaffolds were electrospun using a solvent mixture of chloroform and methanol. The viable cell number was determined at each tested condition. Cell morphology was analyzed by confocal microscopy after various incubation times for static cell adhesion with a high seeding density. Scanning electron microscopy images were obtained before and after perfusion for the highest flow rate tested. The wall pore shear stress was calculated for all tested flow rates (0.005–3 mL/min). An inversely proportional relationship between adhesion time with cell detachment under perfusion was observed. Lower flow rates and lower seeding densities reduced the drag of cells by shear stress. However, there was an operational limit for the lowest flow rate that can be used without compromising cell viability, indicating that a flow rate of 0.05 mL/min might be more suitable for the tested cell culture in electrospun scaffolds under direct perfusion.

In this work, drying of mango peels was kinetically investigated within temperature range of 40-100 °C and the applicability of several models available in literature was statistically evaluated. Midilli's model provided the best description of the kinetics of drying mango peels with constant drying rates (k-and b-values) varying from 0.0190 to 0.0399 min-n and from 0.000404 to 0.000903 min-1, respectively, in temperature range of 40-100 °C. High concentration of total phenolic content was obtained when drying temperature was increased up to 80 °C. Finally, the polyphenolic degradation could be accompanied by CIELB parameters related to the yellowness of the dried samples

Wastewater from isolated soy protein (ISP) production is characterized by high organic load. A complex primary wastewater treatment system has been studied: an anaerobic acidogenic reactor, a tubular reactor and a sedimentation tank. Anaerobic digestion is a very complex process; the control of temperature, pH, alkalinity, TSS/VSS and COD is fundamental. The objective was to develop and compare the efficiency of a bench scale anaerobic acidogenic reactor, followed by the precipitation, coagulation and sedimentation steps, with an existing industrial ISP wastewater treatment system. The results obtained with bench system (reaction time of 6 h, 48 °C) were very close to the industrial ones: pH reduction of 4.5 to 3.7 (indicating the protein hydrolysis), high VFA accumulation (1,300 and 2,650 mg.L-1 minimum and maximum concentration), no methane production and increase in TSS/VSS. This study gives an insight of the industrial primary wastewater treatment system and can be useful in future researches.