Food processing operations modeling : design and analysis

Focuses on novel food processing technologies of interest relevant to food safety and quality as well as fresh commercialized computational fluid dynamics software to model complex food processing systems. This book offers information on infrared heating of biological materials as well as modeling e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Irudayaraj, Joseph , 1961- (Author), Jun, Soojin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press , c2009
Edition:2nd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to modeling and numerical simulation
  • 2. Aseptic processing of liquid and particulate foods
  • 3. Modeling moisture diffusion in food grains during adsorption
  • 4. Computer simulation of radio frequency heating
  • 5. Infrared radiation for food processing
  • 6. Modeling of ohmic heating of foods
  • 7. Hydro pressure processingof foods
  • 8. Pulsed electric field (PEF) processing and modeling
  • 9. Fouling models for heat exchangers
  • 10. Ozone treatment of food materials
  • 11. UV paterurization of food materials
  • 12. Stochastic finite element analysis of thermal food processes