Computerized Food Processing Operations - Hardcover

Teixeria, A.A.; Shoemaker, C.F.; Teixeira, Arthur A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0442285019 ISBN 13: 9780442285012

Publisher: Aspen Publishers, 1988

Synopsis

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.

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Synopsis

Computerization can improve food processing operation efficiency and profitability. This guide shows how to identify, develop and implement computer applications in laboratories, pilot plants and production plant floors of industrial food processing plants. Technical managers will learn how to apply computer system concepts to meet specific needs with the help of food engineering professionals. Coverage includes computer communication with instruments and equipment, computer-based process control systems, intelligent on-line control of unit operations, computer process simulation and optimization and automated data acquisition and analysis. Various unit operations are examined, using a range of product examples. Each chapter explains application theory in lay terms and offers case study examples of actual project installations or demonstration projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aspen Publishers
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0442285019
• ISBN 13: 9780442285012
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192