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Food Process Design

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ISBN10: 824743113
ISBN13: 9780824743116

Publisher: CRC Press

Price: $209.95
Pages: 536
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Publish date: septiembre 2003

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Offers detailed numerical examples for major food processes including heating, cooling, freezing, evaporation, dehydration, thermal processing, distillation, extraction, and membrane separation Covers the engineering and improvement of key heat and mass transfer methods using computer spreadsheet techniques Examines equipment and utilities operation costs, as well as total annualized costs for specific food processes Considers the impact of heat, microbial inactivation, and various processing technologies on food quality This timely reference utilizes simplified computer strategies to analyze, develop, and optimize industrial food processes and offers procedures to assess various operating conditions, engineering and economic relationships, and the physical and transport properties of foods for the design of the most efficient food manufacturing technologies and equipment. Food Process Design discusses the integration and economic profitability of the entire food processing plant including effective use of water, energy, and raw materials, process profitability, and wastewater reduction. The book offers detailed numerical examples for major food processes including heating, cooling, freezing, and more.

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