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DrLeilaSheldrick

Faculty of Engineering, Dyson School of Design Engineering

Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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RCS1 1M02Royal College of ScienceSouth Kensington Campus

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@article{Dieckmann:2019:10.1016/j.fpsl.2019.100360,
author = {Dieckmann, E and Nagy, B and Yiakoumetti, K and Sheldrick, L and Cheeseman, C},
doi = {10.1016/j.fpsl.2019.100360},
journal = {Food Packaging and Shelf Life},
pages = {1--8},
title = {Thermal insulation packaging for cold-chain deliveries made from feathers},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2019.100360},
volume = {21},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This paper reports on new thermal insulation packaging materials made from feathers. Clean and disinfected feathers from the poultry industry have been processed into fibres and air laid using commercial pilot-plant facilities to form non-woven feather fibre composite mats. This process can produce materials with different thickness and density by varying the processing conditions and mat composition. The thermal performance of non-woven feather fibre packaging liners has been compared to expanded polystyrene (EPS) to assess the potential for use in temperature-controlled deliveries. Experiments involved monitoring the time-temperature profile of meat substitute materials and coolants stored inside cardboard boxes lined with thermal insulation. The results show that feather fibre composite insulation has comparable thermal performance to EPS and may out-perform EPS under some conditions. It is concluded that low-cost, lightweight and sustainable non-woven feather fibre liners have potential to displace the materials currently used for delivering chilled and frozen foods and other products susceptible to degradation by high temperatures during delivery.
AU  - Dieckmann,E
AU  - Nagy,B
AU  - Yiakoumetti,K
AU  - Sheldrick,L
AU  - Cheeseman,C
DO  - 10.1016/j.fpsl.2019.100360
EP  - 8
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 2214-2894
SP  - 1
TI  - Thermal insulation packaging for cold-chain deliveries made from feathers
T2  - Food Packaging and Shelf Life
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fpsl.2019.100360
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000487842900047&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221428941830396X?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/76434
VL  - 21
ER  -
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