Introduction to Food Engineering

by R. Paul Singh, Dennis R. Heldman

Overview

Long recognized as the bestselling textbook for teaching food engineering to food science students, this 5e transitions with today’s students from traditional textbook learning to integrated presentation of the key concepts of food engineering. Using carefully selected examples, Singh and Heldman demonstrate the relationship of engineering to the chemistry, microbiology, nutrition and processing of foods in a uniquely practical blend. This approach facilitates comprehensive learning that has proven valuable beyond the classroom as a lifetime professional reference.

• Communicates key concepts using audio, video, and animations
• Integrates interactive tools to aid in understanding complex charts and graphs
• Features multimedia guide to setting up Excel spreadsheets and working with formulae
• Demonstrates key processes and engineering in practice through videos
• Shows the relationship of engineering to the chemistry, microbiology, nutrition and processing of foods via carefully selected examples
• Presents a practical, unique and challenging blend of principles and applications for comprehensive learning
• Ideal for classroom use, valuable as a lifetime professional reference

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124016750
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	06/20/2013
Series:	Food Science and Technology
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	892
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

R. Paul Singh is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Food Engineering at the University of California, Davis. The American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) awarded him the Young Educator Award in 1986, the Kishida International Award in 2007, and the Massey Ferguson Education Gold Medal Award in 2013. In 2007, Singh was recognized with a Food Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Engineering and Food.In 2008, Singh was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering “for innovation and leadership in food engineering research and education."
Dennis R. Heldman is the Dale A. Seiberling Endowed Professor of Food Engineering at Ohio State University. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of California-Davis and Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri. He has been author or co-author of over 150 research projects and several books. He served as President of the Institute of Food Technologists in 2006-07, and was recognized with the Food Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for Engineering and Food in 2011.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction

Chapter 2 - Fluid Flow in Food Processing

Chapter 3 - Resource Sustainability

Chapter 4 - Heat Transfer in Food Processing

Chapter 5 - Preservation Processes

Chapter 6 – Refrigeration

Chapter 7 - Food Freezing

Chapter 8 – Evaporation

Chapter 9 – Psychrometrics

Chapter 10 - Mass Transfer

Chapter 11 - Membrane Separation

Chapter 12 – Dehydration

Chapter 13 - Supplemental Processes

Chapter 14 - Extrusion Processes for Foods

Chapter 15 - Packaging Concepts

Appendices

Bibliography

Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Presents a practical, unique and challenging blend of principles and applications for comprehensive learning in the food engineering area

Editorial Reviews

This textbook presents the engineering design and analysis of unit operations commonly found in food processing and responds directly to the goals of the standard curriculum in food science. This edition (first was 1984) adds new chapters devoted to thermal processing, aseptic processing, and mass transfer. Emphasis is placed on application of principles through the use of example problems. In order to improve the computer literacy of students, a large number of examples that use spreadsheet programs are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"Since publication of the first edition, the Singh and Heldman text has been the academic and industry standard.' said Ken Swartzel in his foreword. The third edition continues the tradition. ...the text pioneers integration through the internet with animated figures." —IFT NEWS

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