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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Wiley-Blackwell ,
c2011
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| 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