Abstract
Winter flounder antifreeze protein is a useful agent to establish technologies for the storage of organs to be transplanted, the preservation of foods and maintaining ice slurry flow. The aim of this study is to clarify the effect of addition of antifreeze protein to ice slurry on flow field. We carried out the measurement of velocity field of ice slurry flow in a mini-channel using particle tracking velocimetry technique. It is found that the solution flow around the clusters of ice particles is noticeable. Furthermore, it is found that the velocity for the cluster of ice particles in the saline solution with the antifreeze protein is lower than that in the saline solution only.
