Fundamentals of food process engineering /
Stanley E. Charm.
- Fourth edition. Global edition.
- xiv, 646 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
An introduction to food engineering -- The materials and energy balance -- Flow of fluid food -- Transfer to heat -- Methods for thermal process evaluation -- The freezing and thawing of foods -- Evaporation -- Dehydration of foods -- Freezing drying -- Distillation -- Extraction -- Mass transfer -- Filtration and centrifugation -- The strength of food materials and equipment -- Kinetics of biological reactions.