Thermal processing of foods : control and automation

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandeep, K. P. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell , c2011
Series:IFT Press series
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Elements, models, techniques, and design of process control for thermal processes
  • 3. Process control of retorts
  • 4. On-line control strategies to correct deviant thermal processes : batch sterilization of low-acid foods
  • 5. Computer software for on-line correction of process deviations in batch retorts
  • 6. Optimization, control, and validation of thermal processes for shelf-stable products
  • 7. Instrumentation, control, and modeling of continuous flow microwave processing