Food plant design. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Antonio Lopez Gomez and Gustavo V. Barbosa Canovas.
• Other Names: López Gómez, Antonio, 1958-; Barbosa-Cánovas, Gustavo V
• Contents: ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL CONTEXT OF FOOD PLANT DESIGN; Food Science, Technology, and Engineering; Socioeconomic and Technical Context; References; ; MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND FOOD PLANT SIMULATION; Transfer Phenomena and Property Balance; Transfer Properties: Viscosity, Conductivity, and Diffusivity; Heat Transfer in Fluids; Mathematical Model of a Unit Operation: Hot Air Drying; Mathematical Modeling of Refrigeration and Thermal Storage Systems; Food Plant Simulation; References; ; DOCUMENTATION OF FOOD PLANT DESIGN; Introduction; Preliminary Studies of Food Products and Raw Materials; Literature Review and Laboratory Studies on Food Processing Technology and Engineering; Pilot Plant Studies; Food Processing Systems and Food Plant Preliminary and Final Projects; Information Handling in Flowchart Form; References; ; PROCESSING SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES: PROCESS SYNTHESIS; Introduction; Synthesis Methods; References; ; FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS; Outlining the Problem; Selecting Design Variables; Alternative Analysis by Means of Simulation; Design Economic Criteria; Cost Estimation; References; ; EXPERIMENTATION IN PILOT PLANT; Introduction; Size and Structure of the Pilot Plant; Types and Applications; Pilot Plant Design; Experimentation Strategies; Capital Investment and Operation Cost; References; ; MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FOOD EQUIPMENT; Characteristics of Suitable Construction Material; Types of Materials and Applications; References; ; HYGIENIC DESIGN OF PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND AUXILIARY SYSTEMS; Basic Principles for Hygienic Design of Food Equipment; Hygienic Design of Auxiliary Systems in Contact with Foods; External Design of Processing Equipment and Auxiliary Systems; CIP (Clean-in-Place) System Design; References; ; FOOD PROCESSING PLANT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; Designing the Food Plant; Selecting Food Plant Site; Hygienic Design of the Food Processing Plant; References; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Marcel Dekker/CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 388 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 664; Food industry and trade -- Mathematical models; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science; Food industry and trade -- Mathematical models; Indústria de alimentos (modelos matemáticos); Indústria de alimentos; Processamento de alimentos; Modelos matemáticos; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420027417; 9781420027419; 1574446029; 9781574446029
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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