Computerized Food Processing Operations

Computerization can improve food processing operation efficiency and profitability. This guide shows how to identify, develop and implement computer applications in laboratories, pilot plants and production plant floors of industrial food processing plants. Technical managers will learn how to apply computer system concepts to meet specific needs with the help of food engineering professionals. Coverage includes computer communication with instruments and equipment, computer-based process control systems, intelligent on-line control of unit operations, computer process simulation and optimization and automated data acquisition and analysis. Various unit operations are examined, using a range of product examples. Each chapter explains application theory in lay terms and offers case study examples of actual project installations or demonstration projects. This book should be of interest to productions and process engineers in industry, plant managers, quality control managers, food technologists and food scientists.