Handbook of Food Processing Equipment (Food Engineering Series) - Hardcover

Saravacos, George D.; Kostaropoulos, Athanasios

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306472767 ISBN 13: 9780306472763

Verlag: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Saravacos George D Kostaropoulos Athanasios E

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Reseña del editor

Recent publications in food engineering concern mainly food process engi­ neering, which is related to chemical engineering, and deals primarily with unit operations and unit processes, as applied to the wide variety of food processing operations. Relatively less attention is paid to the design and operation of food processing equipment, which is necessary to carry out all of the food processes in the food plant. Significant technical advances on processing equipment have been made by the manufacturers, as evidenced by the efficient modem food pro­ cessing plants. There is a need to relate advances in process engineering to proc­ ess equipment, and vice versa. This book is an attempt to apply the established principles of transport phe­ nomena and unit operations to the design, selection, and operation of food pro­ cessing equipment. Since food processing equipment is still designed empiri­ cally, due to the complexity of the processes and the uncertainty of food properties, description of some typical industrial units is necessary to understand the operating characteristics. Approximate values and data are used for illustra­ tive purposes, since there is an understandable lack of published industrial data.

Reseña del editor

This book covers the design, selection, and operation of industrial equipment, used in the processing, storage and packaging of foods. Equipment design is based on the principles of transport phenomena and unit operations of Process Engineering, and the physical and transport properties of foods. Food quality and food safety aspects, related to food processing equipment, are emphasized.

Food processing equipment is classified and described according to the basic unit operations, including mechanical transport, mechanical processing and separations, heat transfer operations, evaporation, dehydration, thermal processing, refrigeration/freezing, and mass transfer. Special equipment used in food packaging and novel food processing is also described. Typical numerical examples illustrate the sizing and selection of some important food processing equipment. Selected equipment suppliers are also listed.

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• Verlag: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0306472767
• ISBN 13: 9780306472763
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 698