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1. Physical Properties of Food Materials
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Mass, Volume, and Density
1.3. Mechanical Properties
1.4. Thermal Properties
1.5. Electrical Properties
1.6. Structure
1.7. Water Activity
1.8. Phase Transition Phenomena in Foods
1.9. Optical Properties
1.10. Surface Properties
1.11. Acoustic Properties
2. Fluid Flow
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Elements of Fluid Mechanics
2.3. F[...]

1. Physical Properties of Food Materials
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Mass, Volume, and Density
1.3. Mechanical Properties
1.4. Thermal Properties
1.5. Electrical Properties
1.6. Structure
1.7. Water Activity
1.8. Phase Transition Phenomena in Foods
1.9. Optical Properties
1.10. Surface Properties
1.11. Acoustic Properties
2. Fluid Flow
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Elements of Fluid Mechanics
2.3. Flow Properties of Fluids
2.4. Transportation of Fluids
2.5. Flow of Particulate Solids (Powder Flow)
3. Heat and Mass Transfer, Basic Principles
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Basic Relations in Transport Phenomena
3.3. Conductive Heat and Mass Transfer
3.4. Convective Heat and Mass Transfer
3.5. Unsteady-State Heat and Mass Transfer
3.6. Heat Transfer by Radiation
3.7. Heat Exchangers
3.8. Microwave and Radio Frequency (RF) Heating
3.9. Ohmic Heating
4. Reaction Kinetics
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Basic Concepts
4.3. Kinetics of Biological Processes
4.4. Residence Time and Residence Time Distribution
5. Elements of Process Control
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Basic Concepts
5.3. Basic Control Structures
5.4. The Block Diagram
5.5. Input, Output, and Process Dynamics
5.6. Control Modes (Control Algorithms)
5.7. Physical Elements of the Control System
6. Size Reduction
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Particle Size and Particle Size Distribution
6.3. Size Reduction of Solids, Basic Principles
6.4. Size Reduction of Solids—Equipment and Methods
7. Mixing
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Mixing of Fluids (Blending)
7.3. Kneading
7.4. In-Flow Mixing
7.5. Mixing of Particulate Solids
7.6. Homogenization
7.7. Foaming
8. Filtration
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Depth Filtration
8.3. Filtration Equipment
8.4. Expression
9. Centrifugation
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Basic Principles
9.3. Centrifuges
9.4. Cyclones
10. Membrane Processes
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Tangential Filtration
10.3. Mass Transfer Through MF and UF Membranes
10.4. Mass Transfer in Reverse Osmosis
10.5. Membrane Systems
10.6. Membrane Processes in the Food Industry
10.7. Electrodialysis
11. Extraction
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Solid-Liquid Extraction (Leaching)
11.3. Supercritical Fluid Extraction
11.4. Liquid-Liquid Extraction
12. Adsorption and Ion Exchange
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Equilibrium Conditions
12.3. Batch Adsorption
12.4. Adsorption in Columns
12.5. Ion Exchange
13. Distillation
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Vapor–Liquid Equilibrium (VLA)
13.3. Continuous Flash Distillation
13.4. Batch (Differential) Distillation
13.5. Fractional Distillation
13.6. Steam Distillation
13.7. Distillation of Wines and Spirits
13.8. Pervaporation
14. Crystallization and Dissolution
14.1. Introduction
14.2. Kinetics of Crystallization From Solutions
14.3. Polymorphism in Lipid Crystals
14.4. Crystallization in the Food Industry
14.5. Dissolution
15. Extrusion
15.1. Introduction
15.2. The Single-Screw Extruder
15.3. Twin-Screw Extruders
15.4. Effect on Foods
15.5. Food Applications of Extrusion
16. Spoilage and Preservation of Foods
16.1. Mechanisms of Food Spoilage
16.2. Food Preservation Processes
16.3. Combined Processes (The “Hurdle Effect”)
16.4. Packaging
17. Thermal Processing
17.1. Introduction
17.2. The Kinetics of Thermal Inactivation of Microorganisms and Enzymes
17.3. Lethality of Thermal Processes
17.4. Optimization of Thermal Processes With Respect to Quality
17.5. Heat Transfer Considerations in Thermal Processing
18. Thermal Processes, Methods and Equipment
18.1. Introduction
18.2. Thermal Processing in Hermetically Closed Containers
18.3. Thermal Processing in Bulk, Before Packaging
19. Refrigeration, Chilling and Freezing
19.1. Introduction
19.2. Effect of Temperature on Food Spoilage
19.3. Freezing
19.4. Superchilling
20. Refrigeration, Equipment and Methods
20.1. Sources of Refrigeration
20.2. Cold Storage and Refrigerated Transport
20.3. Chillers and Freezers
21. Evaporation
21.1. Introduction
21.2. Material and Energy Balance
21.3. Heat Transfer
21.4. Energy Management
21.5. Condensers
21.6. Evaporators in the Food Industry
21.7. Effect of Evaporation on Food Quality
22. Dehydration
22.1. Introduction
22.2. Thermodynamics of Moist Air (Psychrometry)
22.3. Convective Drying (Air Drying)
22.4. Drying Under Varying External Conditions
22.5. Conductive (boiling) Drying
22.6. Dryers in the Food Processing Industry
22.7. Issues in Food Drying Technology
22.8. Energy Consumption in Drying
22.9. Osmotic Dehydration
23. Freeze-Drying (Lyophilization) and Freezed Concentration
23.1. Introduction
23.2. Sublimation of Water
23.3. Heat and Mass Transfer in Freeze Drying
23.4. Freeze Drying, in Practice
23.5. Freeze Concentration
24. Frying, Baking, Roasting
24.1. Introduction
24.2. Frying
24.3. Baking and Roasting
25. Chemical preservation
25.1. Introduction
25.2. Chemical Control of Microbial Spoilage
25.3. Antioxidants
26. Ionizing irradiation and other nonthermal preservation processes
26.1. Preservation by Ionizing Radiations
26.2. High Hydrostatic Pressure (HHP, or HPP) Preservation
26.3. Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF)
26.4. Pulsed Intense Light
26.5. Ultrasonic Treatment
26.6. Application of Cold Plasma
27. Food packaging
27.1. Introduction
27.2. Packaging Materials
27.3. The Atmosphere in the Package
27.4. Environmental Issues
28.Cleaning, disinfection, and sanitation
28.1. Introduction
28.2. Cleaning Kinetics and Mechanisms
28.3. Kinetics of Disinfection
28.4. Cleaning of Raw Materials
28.5. Cleaning of Plants and Equipment
28.6. Cleaning of Packages
28.7. Odor Abatement
29. Element of food plant design
29.1. Introduction
29.2. The Preproject
29.3. Process Design, Development of the Process Flow Diagrams
29.4. Procurement of Equipment and Accessories
29.5. Food Safety Systems (HACCP, GMP), Protection of the Environment and Their Place in Plant Design