Thermal Food Processing

Professor Da-Wen Sun is a world authority in food engineering research and education. He is a Member of Royal Irish Academy-the highest academic honor in Ireland, and is also a member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe). His main research activities include cooling, drying, and refrigeration processes and systems; quality and safety of food products; bioprocess simulation and optimization; and computer vision technology. His many scholarly works have become standard reference materials for researchers in the areas of computer vision, computational fluid dynamics modelling, vacuum cooling, and other areas.

". . . it gives an excellent coverage of topics, which fall under the food engineering umbrella and, in this sense, is a good book." – Mike Lewis, in International Journal of Diary Technology, February 2008, Vol. 61, No. 1

• Modeling of Thermal Food Processes. Thermal Physical Properties of Foods. Heat and Mass Transfer in Thermal Food Processing. Thermal Effects in Food Microbiology. Simulating Thermal Food Processes Using Deterministic Models. Modeling Food Thermal Processes Using Artificial Neural Networks. Modeling Thermal Processing Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Modeling Thermal Microbial Inactivation Kinetics. Quality and Safety of Thermally Processed Foods. Thermal Processing of Meat and Meat Products. Thermal Processing of Poultry Products. Thermal Processing of Fishery Products. Thermal Processing of Dairy Products. Ultrahigh Temperature Thermal Processing of Milk. Thermal Processing of Canned Foods. Thermal Processing of Ready Meals. Thermal Processing of Vegetables. Thermal Processing of Fruits and Fruit Juices. Innovations in Thermal Food Processes. Aseptic Processing and Packaging. Ohmic Heating for Food Processing. Radio Frequency Dielectric Heating. Infrared Heating. Microwave Heating. Combination Treatment of Pressure and Mild Heating. pH-Assisted Thermal Processing. Time-Temperature Integrators for Thermal Process Evaluation. Index.