Thermal processing of foods : control and automation /

• Other Authors: Sandeep, K. P.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Raleigh : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Series: IFT Press series.
• Subjects: Food > Preservation.; Food > Effect of heat on.; Automation.; Engineering.; Chemical engineering.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.; Electronic books.

"The food industry has utilized automated control systems for over a quarter of a century. However, the past decade has seen an increase in the use of more sophisticated software-driven on-line control systems, especially in thermal processing unit operations. As these software-driven control s...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter
• Introduction / K P Sandeep
• Elements, Modes, Techniques, and Design of Process Control for Thermal Processes / David Bresnahan
• Process Control of Retorts / Ray Carroll
• On-Line Control Strategies to Correct Deviant Thermal Processes: Batch Sterilization of Low-Acid Foods / Ricardo Simpson, I Figueroa, Arthur A Teixeira
• Computer Software for On-Line Correction of Process Deviations in Batch Retorts / Arthur A Teixeira, Murat O Balaban
• Optimization, Control, and Validation of Thermal Processes for Shelf-Stable Products / Fraṅois Zuber, Antoine Cazier, Jean Larousse
• Instrumentation, Control, and Modeling of Continuous Flow Microwave Processing / Cristina Sabliov, Dorin Boldor
• Index.