The Del factor for heating and cooling is 1.05 and 1.6 respectively. The initial no. of microbes before sterilization is 2.6x1016 .Calculate Holding time if k is 2.55 min-1
Question
The Del factor for heating and cooling is 1.05 and 1.6 respectively. The initial no. of microbes before sterilization is 2.6x1016
.Calculate Holding
time if k is 2.55 min-1
Solution
To calculate the holding time, we need to use the formula:
Holding time = (Del factor * initial number of microbes) / k
Given that the Del factor for heating is 1.05 and for cooling is 1.6, and the initial number of microbes before sterilization is 2.6x10^16, and k is 2.55 min^-1, we can substitute these values into the formula:
For heating: Holding time = (1.05 * 2.6x10^16) / 2.55 min^-1
For cooling: Holding time = (1.6 * 2.6x10^16) / 2.55 min^-1
Now we can calculate the holding time for both heating and cooling.
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