Handbook of Agricultural and Farm Machinery, Third Edition, is the essential reference for understanding the food industry, from farm machinery, to dairy processing, food storage facilities and the machinery that processes and packages foods. Effective and efficient food delivery systems are built around processes that maximize efforts while minimizing cost and time. This comprehensive reference is for engineers who design and build machinery and processing equipment, shipping containers, and packaging and storage equipment. It includes coverage of microwave vacuum applications in grain processing, cacao processing, fruit and vegetable processing, ohmic heating of meat, facility design, closures for glass containers, double seaming, and more.
The book's chapters include an excellent overview of food engineering, but also regulation and safety information, machinery design for the various stages of food production, from tillage, to processing and packaging. Each chapter includes the state-of-the art in technology for each subject and numerous illustrations, tables and references to guide the reader through key concepts.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. List of Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Chapter 1. The Food Engineer - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Food Regulations - p. 15 10. Chapter 3. Engineering Properties of Food Materials - p. 45 11. Chapter 4. Food Safety Engineering - p. 91 12. Chapter 5. Farm Machinery Automation for Tillage, Planting Cultivation, and Harvesting - p. 115 13. Chapter 6. Air Seeders for Conservation Tillage Crop Production - p. 133 14. Chapter 7. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Applications to Agriculture - p. 149 15. Chapter 8. Grain Harvesting Machinery - p. 157 16. Chapter 9. Grain Storage Systems Design - p. 175 17. Chapter 10. Milking Machines and Milking Parlors - p. 225 18. Chapter 11. Dairy Product Processing Equipment - p. 245 19. Chapter 12. Grain Process Engineering - p. 267 20. Chapter 13. Technology of Processing of Horticultural Crops - p. 299 21. Chapter 14. Food Drying and Evaporation Processing Operations - p. 353 22. Chapter 15. Food Freezing Technology - p. 389 23. Chapter 16. Microwave Processing of Foods - p. 417 24. Chapter 17. Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing - p. 439 25. Chapter 18. Food Rheology - p. 461 26. Chapter 19. Food Extruders - p. 483 27. Chapter 20. Thermal Processing for Food Sterilization and Preservation - p. 499 28. Chapter 21. Artificial Neural Network Based Process Modeling - p. 525 29. Chapter 22. Design of Food Process Controls Systems - p. 533 30. Chapter 23. Ohmic Pasteurization of Meat and Meat Products - p. 593 31. Chapter 24. Food Processing Facility Design - p. 623 32. Chapter 25. Sanitary Pump Selection and Use - p. 651 33. Chapter 26. Agricultural Waste Management in Food Processing - p. 673 34. Chapter 27. Food Packaging Machinery - p. 717 35. Chapter 28. Damage Reduction to Food Products During Transportation and Handling - p. 741 36. Index - p. 771
Handbook of Agricultural and Farm Machinery, Third Edition, is the essential reference for understanding the food industry, from farm machinery, to dairy processing, food storage facilities and the machinery that processes and packages foods. Effective and efficient food delivery systems are built around processes that maximize efforts while minimizing cost and time. This comprehensive reference is for engineers who design and build machinery and processing equipment, shipping containers, and packaging and storage equipment. It includes coverage of microwave vacuum applications in grain processing, cacao processing, fruit and vegetable processing, ohmic heating of meat, facility design, closures for glass containers, double seaming, and more.
The book's chapters include an excellent overview of food engineering, but also regulation and safety information, machinery design for the various stages of food production, from tillage, to processing and packaging. Each chapter includes the state-of-the art in technology for each subject and numerous illustrations, tables and references to guide the reader through key concepts.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. List of Contributors - p. xiii 7. Preface - p. xv 8. Chapter 1. The Food Engineer - p. 1 9. Chapter 2. Food Regulations - p. 15 10. Chapter 3. Engineering Properties of Food Materials - p. 45 11. Chapter 4. Food Safety Engineering - p. 91 12. Chapter 5. Farm Machinery Automation for Tillage, Planting Cultivation, and Harvesting - p. 115 13. Chapter 6. Air Seeders for Conservation Tillage Crop Production - p. 133 14. Chapter 7. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Applications to Agriculture - p. 149 15. Chapter 8. Grain Harvesting Machinery - p. 157 16. Chapter 9. Grain Storage Systems Design - p. 175 17. Chapter 10. Milking Machines and Milking Parlors - p. 225 18. Chapter 11. Dairy Product Processing Equipment - p. 245 19. Chapter 12. Grain Process Engineering - p. 267 20. Chapter 13. Technology of Processing of Horticultural Crops - p. 299 21. Chapter 14. Food Drying and Evaporation Processing Operations - p. 353 22. Chapter 15. Food Freezing Technology - p. 389 23. Chapter 16. Microwave Processing of Foods - p. 417 24. Chapter 17. Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing - p. 439 25. Chapter 18. Food Rheology - p. 461 26. Chapter 19. Food Extruders - p. 483 27. Chapter 20. Thermal Processing for Food Sterilization and Preservation - p. 499 28. Chapter 21. Artificial Neural Network Based Process Modeling - p. 525 29. Chapter 22. Design of Food Process Controls Systems - p. 533 30. Chapter 23. Ohmic Pasteurization of Meat and Meat Products - p. 593 31. Chapter 24. Food Processing Facility Design - p. 623 32. Chapter 25. Sanitary Pump Selection and Use - p. 651 33. Chapter 26. Agricultural Waste Management in Food Processing - p. 673 34. Chapter 27. Food Packaging Machinery - p. 717 35. Chapter 28. Damage Reduction to Food Products During Transportation and Handling - p. 741 36. Index - p. 771
