[BOOK] Handbook of Food Processing Equipment

Author(s): George Saravacos, Athanasios E. Kostaropoulos
Series: Food Engineering Series
Publisher:
Year: 2015
Language: English

ISBN: 3319250183, 9783319250182

This text covers the design of food processing equipment based on key unit operations, such as heating, cooling, and drying. In addition, mechanical processing operations such as separations, transport, storage, and packaging of food materials, as well as an introduction to food processes and food processing plants are discussed.

Handbook of Food Processing Equipment is an essential reference for food engineers and food technologists working in the food process industries, as well as for designers of process plants.  The book also serves as a basic reference for food process engineering students. The chapters cover engineering and economic issues for all important steps in food processing. This research is based on the physical properties of food, the analytical expressions of transport phenomena, and the description of typical equipment used in food processing. Illustrations that explain the structure and operation of industrial food processing equipment are presented.

The materials of construction and fabrication of food processing equipment are covered here, as well as the selection of the appropriate equipment for various food processing operations. Mechanical processing equipment such as size reduction, size enlargement, homogenization, and mixing are discussed. Mechanical separations equipment  such as filters, centrifuge equipment such solid/air systems, plus equipment for industrial food processing  such as heat transfer, evaporation, dehydration, refrigeration, freezing, thermal processing, and dehydration, are presented. Equipment for novel food processes such as high pressure processing, are discussed. The appendices include conversion of units, selected thermophysical properties, plant utilities, and an extensive list of manufacturers and suppliers of food equipment.

Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Design of Food Processes and Food Processing Plants....Pages 1-50
Design and Selection of Food Processing Equipment....Pages 51-85
Mechanical Transport and Storage Equipment....Pages 87-147
Mechanical Processing Equipment....Pages 149-232
Mechanical Separation Equipment....Pages 233-292
Heat Transfer Equipment....Pages 293-330
Food Evaporation Equipment....Pages 331-365
Food Dehydration Equipment....Pages 367-419
Refrigeration and Freezing Equipment....Pages 421-502
Thermal Processing Equipment....Pages 503-548
Mass Transfer Equipment....Pages 549-604
Equipment for Novel Food Processes....Pages 605-643
Food Packaging Equipment....Pages 645-696
Back Matter....Pages 697-775