BOOKS

 One new IFT Press book is now available from Wiley-Blackwell.

Thermal Processing of Foods: Control and Automation provides information about thermal processing with a specific focus on the technical aspects, from a thermal processing standpoint and from an automation and process control standpoint. The book gives significant details about emerging technologies such as continuous flow microwave processing and also covers established technologies such as retorting. In recent years, the use of more sophisticated software-driven, on-line control systems, especially in thermal processing unit operations, has increased. There is a growing need to validate these software-driven systems as they become more complex.provides information about thermal processing with a specific focus on the technical aspects, from a thermal processing standpoint and from an automation and process control standpoint. The book gives significant details about emerging technologies such as continuous flow microwave processing and also covers established technologies such as retorting. In recent years, the use of more sophisticated software-driven, on-line control systems, especially in thermal processing unit operations, has increased. There is a growing need to validate these software-driven systems as they become more complex.

K.P. Sandeep, the editor of the book, writes in the Introduction that “improvements that have taken place in equipment design (novel heat exchangers), process specifications (lower tolerances), product formulations (new types of ingredients), enhancement of quality (by decreasing the extent of overprocessing), and process safety requirements (identification and control of critical parameters in a process)” are based on an understanding of several topics, for which Sandeep provides a brief summary.

The contributors examine in greater detail the methods, processes, and technologies important in the understanding of control and automation of thermal processes. The chapter topics include Elements, Modes, Techniques, and Design of Process Control for Thermal Processes; Process Control of Retorts; On-Line Control Strategies to Correct Deviant Thermal Processes; Batch Sterilization of Low-Acid Foods; Computer Software for On-Line Correction of Process Deviations in Batch Retorts; Optimization, Control, and Validation of Thermal Processes for Shelf-Stable Products; and Instrumentation, Control, and Modeling of Continuous Flow Microwave Processing.

The information in the book is useful for people who want to understand the fundamental aspects of thermal processing, for those who are responsible for designing the processes, and for those who deal with process filing with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.

Sandeep, a Member of IFT, is Professor of Food Engineering at North Carolina State University. He has contributed to eight books, 44 peer-reviewed publications, and close to 100 abstracts, posters, and presentations on aseptic processing and related topics.

IFT Press books, developed in partnership with Wiley-Blackwell and crafted through rigorous peer review and meticulous research, serve as leading-edge handbooks for industrial application and reference and as essential texts for academic programs.

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Topics of future books in the series include nanoscience and nanotechnology, food laws and regulations, food ingredients for the global market, emerging food processing technologies, naturally derived food flavors and colorants, resistant starch, nonthermal processing technologies, fats and oils, proteins and peptides, and dairy ingredients.

IFT members receive a 20% discount on all Wiley-Blackwell books. The member coupon code is available at www.ift.org. Be sure to log in and check out the Knowledge Center/Read IFT Publications/Books links.

For more information, call 877-762-2974, or visit www.wiley.com/go/ift.

Manuscript proposals may be sent to David McDade, Senior Commissioning Editor, at [email protected] (+44-1865-47-6546).

Thermal Processing of Foods: Control and Automation
Edited by K.P. Sandeep
ISBN: 978–0–8138–1007–2 2011
214 pp.
Wiley-Blackwell
www.wiley.com/go/ift