The Mitsubishi fridge you are talking about is NOT a CAS freezer. It has a compartment that slowly freezes things put in it. Apparently that minimizes cell damage. (got one in my kitchen)
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Hi Folks,
Do you have any additional info on CAS that could be sent to me asap ? I am after photos, technical reports, contact names and email adresses, weblinks, webpages, etc... The more the merrier !!!
Thanks a lot in advance
Cheers
Claudio
For the thread I posted above, please send the info/documents to claudiob@utas.edu.au
Cheers
Claudio
Interesting possibilities for applications here. I noticed that some in this thread are discussing this as a possibility for cell freezing. Haven't seen or heard of this system before but there is a HUGE difference between freezing food and freezing of products like stem cells and cells used in research as these have a very high and often priceless value. Traditional methods for this involve controlled rate freezing to avoid cell rupture and maintian viability and then storing in temperatures below -130C ( the crystallization point of water) to preserve the cells for long term storage either using liquid nitrogen or autocascade mechanical refrigeration. If it works, it could be a better mouse trap. Energy conservation rarely comes into play with systems that deal with critical storage applications. Reliability and repeatability are almost always the overriding concern.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fehdWAefXWw
video from a CAS rig we have at our workshop, water was at -8.2C and free of ice crystals. it froze instantly when he gave it a tap, with no expansion.
we have now moved the rig to a salmon fish factory where they are freezing salmon with great success.
all the tests we have done, chefs and fish controllers can't see the difference between the fresh product and the cas frozen and thawed product.
one thing I noticed was that the cas frozen cod liver was actually better on taste than the fresh cod liver
Hey Everyone,
I heard that Grimsby have bought a Transcritical CO2 spiral freezer with CAS built in. It also captures all the waste heat as 70C hot water.
G
Recently Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers made a very serious research on efficacity of CAS. The title of thesis is "Experimental Investigation of Effectiveness of Magnetic Field on Food Freezing Process (Trans. od the JSRAE Vol.26, No.4 2009 pp371-386). The conclusion is "NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE".
Could you please send me a link to the article mentioned in your thread re: Experimental Investigation of Effectiveness of Magnetic Field on Food Freezing Process? I am unable to find an english version online.
Thank you,
Erica
Please send me a copy of this "Experimental Investigation of Effectiveness of Magnetic Field on Food Freezing Process" in English version at yqiqi123@gmail.com. Thank you.
hay there guys im kinda new to this hole thing but im seriously interested in this CAS FREEZING but i can not find a single thing on suppliers or manufacturers details can any body out there send me some contact details please my addy is a6prop@gmail.com
hay there im kinda new to this hole thing but im seriously interested in this CAS FREEZING but i can not find a single thing on suppliers or manufacturers details can any body out there send me some contact details please my addy is a6prop@gmail.com
I don't know too much about this but this looks awesome. Good luck to ya mate.
Hi guyz.
It's been day I am looking for a comany that could provide me with the service of freezing vegetables on a regular basis. Using one of these CAS fridges.
I am in France and desperatly looking for a partner.
In France would be perfect but I'm open to any solution close in Europe :)
Do you have any contact who could direct me to a company who bought one of these and can provide this type of service on a regular basis (I'm looking for 1t / month freezing stuff to start) ?
If not, well, I may look in the direction of buying one.
Anybody knows someone having a second hand fridge ? :)
Thanks for your help, I'd really appreciate any feedback.
Michaël
Tycho,
Saw your video.
Quite impressive.
Did you do any other funny ones ? :)