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AN ANALYSIS OF COFFEE
BEANS AND THE MECHANISMS
INVOLVED IN AN ELECTROLUX
DRIP COFFEE BREWER

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Nguyễn Phương Anh Kiệt – BTCEIU18053
Quách Trần Phương Trân – BTCEIU18043
Trần Thanh Tùng – BTCEIU18056 https://unsplash.com/s/photos/coffee-maker

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. CLASSIFICATION
.
2. ANATOMY AND
MECHANISM
3. COFFEE BEAN.
ANALYSIS
.
4. SCIENCE CONCEPTS
INVOLVED
5. PROCESSES
INVOLVED

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1. CLASSIFICATION
PRESSURE-USING* *FILTRATION BREWERS
Espresso machines, Aero pumps Drip brewers, Percolators
PROS high quality coffee PROS affordable, easy to use
CONS small amount of coffee . CONS lower extraction rate
BOIL-BASED* *STEEP BREWERS
Turkish coffee maker, Moka pot Syphon brewer, French press
PROS high temperature output PROS high efficiency
CONS small amount of coffee CONS complicated processes
Source: https://www.amazon.com

However, this classification should be for reference purpose only.

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2. ANATOMY - MECHANISMS
1: Water reservoir - storing the input water.
2: One-way valve - keep water from flowing back to reservoir.
3: Electric wire – plugged into socket for power.
4: Resistive heating element - producing heat.
5: Aluminum tube, where water from the reservoir are
boiled.
6: Fuses to automatically turn the machine off when the heat
is excessively hot.
7: On-Off switch.
8: White tube - create a path for the hot water to flow up.
9: Shower Head - spread water evenly on the coffee ground
below.
10: Coffee basket - store coffee grounds, where leaching
process takes place.
11: Permanent metal filter - trap the used coffee ground.
12: Carafe - collect the brew.
https://ajlucy.com/2017/08/23/drawings-
of-how-things-work-coffee-machine/

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Plastic Aluminum Heat-proof glass

https://www.instructables.com/id/36-
Things-to-Cook-in-a-Coffee-Maker/

STAINLESS STEEL?
https://www.metalsupermarkets.com
/which-metals-conduct-heat-best/
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ARABICA COFFEE ROBUSTA COFFEE CHERRY COFFEE

https://www.duongcafe.com/en/how-to-distinguish- https://epicure.vn/phan-biet-ca-phe-arabica-va- https://ictcoffee.com/a-look-inside-the-coffee-
between-arabica-seeds-coffee-and-robusta.html robusta/ cherry/

Vietnamese coffee varies greatly but it has 3 main types of coffee:

Arabica, Robusta and other minorities.

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3. COFFEE BEAN ANALYSIS

Chemical Components
- A coffee bean consists of
thousands holes.

- These holes are the place where

solubles can be found.

https://handground.com/grind/an-intuitive-guide-to-coffee-
solubles-extraction-and-tds

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Chrologenic acids Cafestol Kaweol

Trigonelline Melanoidins

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Caffeine
- Caffeine molecules are polar

- This polarity makes it soluble in water

https://caffeinethemolecule.weebly
.com/physical-properties.html

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Gaseous organic
Solubility Abstraction molecules

General Organic
Chemistry Chemistry
Chemistry

Bioinorganic Material Solid-state Water

Science Pigments Chemistry
Chemistry Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry
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Electrics
Electrical Circuit Fuses: for safety concerns

http://www.neufeld.newton.ks.us/electronics/?p=638 https://home.howstuffworks.com/coffee-maker2.htm

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Thermodynamics

- Boiling point

- Phase change

- Heat conduction

https://socratic.org/questions/what-is-the-phase-
diagram-of-water

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https://www.shmoop.com/fluids/fluid-
dynamics.html

Fluid Mechanics
https://neutrium.net/fluid_flow/pressure-drop- - Flow distribution
through-a-packed-bed/
- Flow through a bed of particles
- Flow through one-way valve

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5. PROCESSES INVOLVED

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Flow through one-way valve

- Allows cold water from the
reservoir flow to the
aluminum tube easily.

- Prevents bubbles from the

boiling water flow back to
the reservoir.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6NCdJ6alw

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RESISTIVE HEATING – FUSE MECHANISM
https://isaacscienceblog.com/20
16/07/09/joule-heating/
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- Resistive heating the
collision of electrons in the
current with ions in the
heating element.
- Fuse wire made of metal
with low melting
temperature.
https://mammothmemory.net/che
mistry/chemical-bonding/metallic-
bonding-an-explanation.html
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BOILING OF WATER AND BUBBLE flow up

- Boiling of water

- Bubble flow up: The bubbles

are big, and the tube is small so
the bubbles can carry drops of
water up along the path of the
tube and to the shower head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ6NCdJ6alw

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Flow DISTRIBUTION IN THE SHOWER HEAD

Follow the Continuity
Equation: A*V=constant

http://www.motifcoffee.com/products/bre https://www.shmoop.com/fluids/fl
wers/elements-pour-over-style-coffee- uid-dynamics.html
brewer-glass-carafe

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EXTRACTION OF SOLUBLES
1. Solubles are locked in
cells
2. Water enters the cell
and dissolve solubles.
3. This new solution is
called coffee

https://handground.com/grind/an-intuitive-guide-to-
coffee-solubles-extraction-and-tds

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EXTRACTION OF SOLUBLES

- Extracting order: fats and

acids, then sugars, and
finally the plant fibers.

https://clivecoffee.com/blogs/learn/how-coffee-extraction-works

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Water temerature & Time Particle size

Filter type

https://www.amazon.com/Able-Brewing-
Coffee-Filter-Chemex/dp/B00E58P6WU

http://www.localmathhelp.com/blog/how-caffeinated-is-your-coffee

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MASS TRANSFER

Size reduction affects

extraction of solubles

https://handground.com/grind/an-intuitive-guide-to-
coffee-solubles-extraction-and-tds

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However, extraction
should be a balance
between grind size
and time
https://handground.com/grind/an-intuitive-guide-to-coffee-
solubles-extraction-and-tds

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