Overview
- Discusses the techniques used in unit operations of processing of various foods
Part of the book series: Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain (ISEKI-Food, volume 5)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Conversion Operations
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Preservation Operations
Keywords
About this book
In chemical engineering and related fields, a unit operation is a basic step in a process. For example in milk processing, homogenization, pasteurization, chilling, and packaging are each unit operations which are connected to create the overall process. A process may have many unit operations to obtain the desired product. The book will cover many different unit operations as they apply to food processing.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Peter Ho is an Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo’ s School of Technology and Management, Portugal.
Maria Margarida Cortez Vieira is an Associate Professor at the University of Algarve's School of Technology, Portugal.
Kristberg Kristbergsson is Professor of Food Science at the Department of Food Science, Faculty Food Science and Nutrition, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Experiments in Unit Operations and Processing of Foods
Editors: Margarida Vieira, Peter Ho
Series Title: Integrating Food Science and Engineering Knowledge Into the Food Chain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68642-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-33513-1Published: 27 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4136-7Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-68642-4Published: 20 October 2008
Series ISSN: 2512-2223
Series E-ISSN: 2512-2258
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 190