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. Fully revised and updated to reflect the latest in food production machinery, including new chapters on UAS Applications, Microwave Processing of Foods, and Postharvest Treatment of Fresh ProducePresents real-world application scenarios and provides efficient access to informationIncludes the design of machinery and facilities, as well as the theoretical basis for determining and predicting behavior of foods as they are handled and processed INDICE: 1. The Food Engineer2. Food Regulations3. Food Safety Engineering4. Farm Machinery Automation for Tillage, Planting, Cultivation and Harvesting5. Air Seeders for Conservation Tillage Crop Production6. UAS applications7. Grain Harvesting Machinery8. Milking Machines and Milking Parlors9. Dairy Product Processing Equipment10. Grain Process Engineering13. Technology of Processing of Horticultural Crops14. Food Drying and Evaporation Processing Operations15. Food Freezing Technology16. Microwave Processing of Foods17. Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing18. Food Rheology19. Food Extruders20. Thermal Processing for Food Sterilization and Preservation21. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Based Process Modeling22. Design of Food Process Control Systems23. Ohmic Pasteurization of Meat and Meat Products24. Food Processing Facility Design25. Agricultural Waste Management in Food Processing26. Food Packaging Machinery27. Damage Reduction to Food Products During Transportation and Handling28. Postharvest Treatments for Fresh Produce
- ISBN: 978-0-12-814803-7
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 800
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés