Computerized Food Processing Operations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780442285012)

1. Microcomputers.- Hardware.- Interfacing with the Outside World.- Software.- 2. Data Acquisition in the Laboratory.- The Measurement Process.- Gas Chromatography: A Case Study.- Heat Penetration Tests: A Case Study.- 3. Computer Control in the Food Processing Plant.- Review of Process Control Systems.- Control System Configurations.- Benefits of Computer-based Control Systems.- System Specification and Vendor Selection.- Industry Case Studies.- 4. On-Line Control of Unit Operations.- General Concepts.- Thermal Processing of Canned Foods.- Ultrahigh Temperature Process Control for Aseptic Systems.- Multiefiect Evaporation in Juice Concentration.- Fermentation Process Control.- Computer Control in Bin Drying Operations.- 5. Process Modeling and Simulation.- Thermal Processing: A Case Study.- Freezing.- Drying.- Other Unit Operations.- Computer-aided Design in Process Flowsheets.- Training Requirements.- 6. Process Optimization.- Elements of Optimization Theory.- Steady-State Optimization in Thermal Processing.- Dynamic Optimization in Thermal Processing.- Optimum Container Geometry in Thermal Processing.- Other Applications of Optimization to Heat Processing.- Optimization in Food Dehydration.

Author: Arthur A. Teixeira,Charles F. Shoemaker,Teixeira
ISBN-10: 0442285019
ISBN-13: 9780442285012
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1995
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d