Advances in bioprocessing engineering /

This book consists of peer-reviewed articles reporting on the latest developments in several food engineering and agricultural processing laboratories at US land-granted universities. The contributors are leading experts in their respective fields. The topics covered in the book include new food pro...

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Corporate Authors: World Scientific Firm
Group Author: Yang, Xiusheng H; Tang, Juming
Published: World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: Singapore ; River Edge, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 2002.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Advances in agricultural science and technology ; v. 1
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/4763#t=toc
Summary: This book consists of peer-reviewed articles reporting on the latest developments in several food engineering and agricultural processing laboratories at US land-granted universities. The contributors are leading experts in their respective fields. The topics covered in the book include new food processing technologies (such as high voltage electric field processing and microwave sterilization/pasteurization), conversion of agricultural by-products into high quality refined cellulose or biodegradable plastics, and advances in machine vision inspection and sorting techniques for fruit and veg
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi,172pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9789812706584 (electronic bk.)
CLC: S509.2-39
Contents: ch. 1. Microwave heating in food processing / J. Tang, F. Hao and M. Lau -- ch. 2. Improving safety and quality of orange juice by pulse electric field processing / Q.H. Zhang, X. Qiu and S.K. Sharma -- ch. 3. High-speed machine vision inspection for on-line sorting of fresh fruit and vegetables / Y. Tao and Z. Wen -- ch. 4. Machine vision techniques for defect inspection on fruit packing lines / Y. Tao and Z. Wen -- ch. 5. Highly refined cellulose from agricultural fibrous by-products / R.R. Ruan and P.L. Chen -- ch. 6. Biodegradable plastics from renewable biomaterials / X.S. Sun.