Handbook of Farm Dairy and Food Machinery

A comprehensive volume covering fundamental food engineering principles in the design of food industry machinery.

Myer Kutz (Edited by)

9780815515388, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 28 February 2007

756 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 3.9 cm, 1.45 kg

Indispensable for food, chemical, mechanical, and packaging engineers, Handbook of Farm, Dairy, and Food Machinery covers in one comprehensive volume fundamental food engineering principles in the design of food industry machinery. The handbook provides broad, yet technically detailed coverage of food safety, regulations, product processing systems, packaging, facilities, waste management, and machinery design topics in a ôfarm to the forkö organization.

The 22 chapters are contributed by leading experts worldwide with numerous illustrations, tables, and references. The book includes the new USDA regulations for ôcertified organicö processing, as well as state-of-the-art technologies for equipment both on the farm and in the plant.

The Food Engineer
Food Regulations
Food Safety Engineering
Farm Machinery Design
Farm Machinery Automation for Tillage, Planting, Cultivation, and Harvesting
Grain Harvesting Machinery
Grain Storage Systems Design
Milking Machinery Design
Food Processing Operating Systems and Machinery Design
Dairy Product Processing
Grain Processing Engineering
Technology of Processing of Horticultural Crops
Food Drying and Evaporation
Food Freezing Technology
Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing
Food Rheology
Thermal Processing for Food Sterilization and Preservation
Food Process Modeling
Design of Food Processing Controls Systems
Ohmic Pasteurization of Meat and Meat Products
Food Processing Facility Design
Agricultural Waste Management in Food Processing
Food Packaging Systems and Machinery Design
Food Packaging for Damage Reduction During Transportation and Handling
Food Packaging Machinery

Subject Areas: Steam engines [TGBN1], Food & beverage technology [TDCT], Agriculture & related industries [KNAC], Management of specific areas [KJMV]