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The concentration phenomena during freezing and thawing were investigated to study the feasibility of freeze–thaw process as a concentration operation. An aqueous dye solution was employed as a model binary eutectic solution. The localised concentration in the frozen matrix was determined, and the concentration profile of the melting solution during thawing was examined. It was found that the solution obtained during thawing showed higher concentration than the original solution, and the concentration did not correspond to the amount of solute localised in the frozen matrix. It was suggested that the concentration phenomena during thawing would be governed by the melting droplet growth rate at the melting interface and by the diffusion rate of solute from eutectic phases to the droplet.
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Nakagawa et al. (2009) studied this question.
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