Engineering Principles of Unit Operations in Food Processing, volume 1 in the Woodhead Publishing Series, In Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry series, presents basic principles of food engineering with an emphasis on unit operations, such as heat transfer, mass transfer and fluid mechanics.
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1. Introduction to unit operations and process description
Section 1 Fundamentals of food process engineering
2. Units and dimensions
3. General mathematical and engineering principles
4. Physical properties of food materials
5. Thermodynamic properties of food materials
6. Mass and energy balances
Section 2 Fluid mechanics and food rheology
7. Fluid mechanics
8. Rheological properties of food materials
Section 3 Heat and mass transfer in food engineering
9. Conductive heat transfer
10. Convective heat transfer
11. Radiative heat transfer
12. Fundamentals of mass transfer
13. Psychrometry
Section 4 Application of mathematics and statistical approaches in food engineering
14. Modeling and optimization
15. Reaction kinetics
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Provides a basic understanding of fundamental engineering principles for non-engineering experts working in food processing
Brings new opportunities in the optimization of food processing operations
Thoroughly explores applications of food engineering to food processes
Focuses on unit operations from an engineering viewpoint
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Product details
ISBN
9780128184738
Published
2021-06-24
Publisher
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight
1360 gr
Height
276 mm
Width
216 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
498
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