Unit Operations in Food Engineering, Second Edition

In order to successfully produce food products with maximum quality, each stage of processing must be well designed. Unit Operations in Food Engineering systematically presents the basic information necessary to design food processes and the equipment needed to carry them out. It covers the most common food engineering unit operations in detail, including guidance for carrying out specific design calculations. Initial chapters present transport phenomena basics for momentum, mass, and energy transfer in different unit operations. Later chapters present detailed unit operation descriptions based on fluid transport and heat and mass transfer. Every chapter concludes with a series of solved problems.

List of contents

Thermal Processing of Foods. Nonthermal Processing of Foods. Fluid Transport in Pipes. Aseptic Filling. Chilling and Freezing. Circulation of Fluids Through Porous Beds. Mechanical Separation. Separation Processes By Membranes. Dehydration. Evaporation. Solid-Liquid Extraction. Extrusion. Frying. Sieving. Mixing. Distillation. Absorption. Adsorption, Ionic Exchange. Modeling of Food Processes.

Summary

Presents the basic information necessary to design food processes and the equipment needed to carry them out. This title covers the common food engineering unit operations, including guidance for carrying out specific design calculations. It provides transport phenomena basics for momentum, mass, and energy transfer in different unit operations.

Product details

• Authors: Gustavo V. Barbosa-Canovas, Gustavo V. (Washington State University Barbosa-Canovas, Barbosa-Canovas Gustavo V., Albert Ibarz, Albert (University of Lleida Ibarz, Albert/ Barbosa-Canovas Ibarz, Ibarz Albert
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.01.2026
• EAN: 9781439809440
• ISBN: 978-1-4398-0944-0
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: Food Preservation Technology; Food Preservation Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Chemical engineering; Food & beverage technology, Food and beverage technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science / General