Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery Engineering
Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery Engineering

Author: Myer Kutz

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2019-06-15

Total Pages: 805

ISBN-13: 0128148047

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Handbook of Agricultural and Farm Machinery, Third Edition, is the essential reference for understanding the food industry, from farm machinery, to dairy processing, food storage facilities and the machinery that processes and packages foods. Effective and efficient food delivery systems are built around processes that maximize efforts while minimizing cost and time. This comprehensive reference is for engineers who design and build machinery and processing equipment, shipping containers, and packaging and storage equipment. It includes coverage of microwave vacuum applications in grain processing, cacao processing, fruit and vegetable processing, ohmic heating of meat, facility design, closures for glass containers, double seaming, and more. The book's chapters include an excellent overview of food engineering, but also regulation and safety information, machinery design for the various stages of food production, from tillage, to processing and packaging. Each chapter includes the state-of-the art in technology for each subject and numerous illustrations, tables and references to guide the reader through key concepts. - Describes the latest breakthroughs in food production machinery - Features new chapters on engineering properties of food materials, UAS applications, and microwave processing of foods - Provides efficient access to fundamental information and presents real-world applications - Includes design of machinery and facilities as well as theoretical bases for determining and predicting behavior of foods as they are handled and processed

Advances in Agricultural Machinery and Technologies
Advances in Agricultural Machinery and Technologies

Author: Guangnan Chen

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2018-03-05

Total Pages: 662

ISBN-13: 1351132377

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The agricultural industry is dealing with enormous challenges across the globe, including the limited availability of arable lands and fresh water, as well as the effect of climate change. Machinery plays a crucial role in agriculture and farming systems, in order to feed the world’s growing population. In the last decade, we have witnessed major advances in agricultural machinery and technologies, particularly as manufacturers and researchers develop and apply various novel ways of automation as well as the data and information gathering and analyzing capabilities of their machinery. This book presents the state-of-the-art information on the important innovations in the agricultural and horticultural industry. It reviews and presents different novel technologies and implementation of these technologies to optimize farming processes and food production. There are four sections, each addressing a specific area of development. Section I discusses the recent development of farm machinery and technology. Section II focuses on water and irrigation engineering. Section III covers harvesting and post-harvest technology. Section IV describes computer modelling and simulation. Each section highlights current industry trends and latest research progress. This book is ideal for those working in or are associated with the fields of agriculture, agri-food chain and technology development and promotion.

Handbook of Farm, Dairy, and Food Machinery Engineering
Handbook of Farm, Dairy, and Food Machinery Engineering

Author: Myer Kutz

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781784023775

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Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery Engineering is the essential reference for engineers who need to understand those aspects of the food industry from farm machinery to food storage facilities to the machinery that processes and packages our foods.

Food Safety Engineering
Food Safety Engineering

Author: Ali Demirci

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-05-28

Total Pages: 754

ISBN-13: 3030426602

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Food Safety Engineering is the first reference work to provide up-to-date coverage of the advanced technologies and strategies for the engineering of safe foods. Researchers, laboratory staff and food industry professionals with an interest in food engineering safety will find a singular source containing all of the needed information required to understand this rapidly advancing topic. The text lays a solid foundation for solving microbial food safety problems, developing advanced thermal and non-thermal technologies, designing food safety preventive control processes and sustainable operation of the food safety preventive control processes. The first section of chapters presents a comprehensive overview of food microbiology from foodborne pathogens to detection methods. The next section focuses on preventative practices, detailing all of the major manufacturing processes assuring the safety of foods including Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls (HARPC), food traceability, and recalls. Further sections provide insights into plant layout and equipment design, and maintenance. Modeling and process design are covered in depth. Conventional and novel preventive controls for food safety include the current and emerging food processing technologies. Further sections focus on such important aspects as aseptic packaging and post-packaging technologies. With its comprehensive scope of up-to-date technologies and manufacturing processes, this is a useful and first-of-its kind text for the next generation food safety engineering professionals.

Introduction to Food Engineering
Introduction to Food Engineering

Author: R. Paul Singh

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2008-10-15

Total Pages: 864

ISBN-13: 0080919626

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This fourth edition of this successful textbook succinctly presents the engineering concepts and unit operations used in food processing, in a unique blend of principles with applications. Depth of coverage is very high. The authors use their many years of teaching to present food engineering concepts in a logical progression that covers the standard course curriculum. Both are specialists in engineering and world-renowned. Chapters describe the application of a particular principle followed by the quantitative relationships that define the related processes, solved examples and problems to test understanding. - Supplemental processes including filtration, sedimentation, centrifugation, and mixing - Extrusion processes for foods - Packaging concepts and shelf life of foods - Expanded information on Emerging technologies, such as high pressure and pulsed electric field; Transport of granular foods and powders; Process controls and measurements; Design of plate heat exchangers; Impact of fouling in heat transfer processes; Use of dimensional analysis in understanding physical phenomena

Farming While Black
Farming While Black

Author: Leah Penniman

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1603587616

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Farming While Black is the first comprehensive "how to" guide for aspiring African-heritage growers to reclaim their dignity as agriculturists and for all farmers to understand the distinct, technical contributions of African-heritage people to sustainable agriculture. At Soul Fire Farm, author Leah Penniman co-created the Black and Latino Farmers Immersion (BLFI) program as a container for new farmers to share growing skills in a culturally relevant and supportive environment led by people of color. Farming While Black organizes and expands upon the curriculum of the BLFI to provide readers with a concise guide to all aspects of small-scale farming, from business planning to preserving the harvest. Throughout the chapters Penniman uplifts the wisdom of the African diasporic farmers and activists whose work informs the techniques described--from whole farm planning, soil fertility, seed selection, and agroecology, to using whole foods in culturally appropriate recipes, sharing stories of ancestors, and tools for healing from the trauma associated with slavery and economic exploitation on the land. Woven throughout the book is the story of Soul Fire Farm, a national leader in the food justice movement.--AMAZON.

Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery
Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery

Author: Nnamdi Anosike

Publisher:

Published: 2018-06

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9781642230376

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The procedures of employing mechanical resources to agricultural operations are originally focused on the intention of supplying plenty of food for the farm family, the village, the region and the country. In convincing this idea, farm machines that assist bring more land into production; more water to dry-season production, offer for accommodation of intensively-managed crops etc. are typically given priority. Once food sufficiency has been achieved, the focus of farm machinery tends to become the development of the efficiency of food production. In this perspective technologies that reduce costs, save on scarce resources, meet market demand for high-value products, reduce environmental stresses, etc. are commonly found to receive particular attention. Looking towards the future to a point in time when humans are removed from field machinery, there are several emerging technologies that will be essential for autonomous operation. Advancements in sensing, communication and control technologies coupled with Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are aiding the progression of farm machines from the simple, mechanical machines of yesterday to the intelligent, autonomous vehicles of the future. Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery presents up-to-date information on fundamental food engineering doctrine in the design of food industry machinery. It provides wide ranging, theoretical and practical detailed coverage of food safety, product processing systems, packaging, waste management, and machinery design topics in a farm to the organization. The purpose of this work is to examine a number of controlling factors relating to the removal of man as a control element in agricultural field production systems. Many forces external to the industry will shape how automation develops and is adopted by producers. This book will be of valuable to Food, chemical, mechanical, and packaging engineers involved with the food industry.

Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery
Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery

Author: Myer Kutz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-10-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789048174744

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This handbook is a comprehensive reference for engineers who design and build farm machinery, processing equipment, shipping containers and packaging, as well as storage equipment. The book is written by the world’s leading engineers and gives both a broad and technically detailed look at these critical aspects of any farm-to-fork operation. It addresses food, chemical, mechanical, and packaging engineers directly or indirectly involved with the food industry.

Handbook of Food Processing Equipment
Handbook of Food Processing Equipment

Author: George Saravacos

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-12-29

Total Pages: 781

ISBN-13: 3319250205

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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. style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px;">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, centrifuges, presses, and solids/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.