Postharvest Technology
Cereals, Pulses, Fruits and Vegetables
Published on 31. October 2001
Book
Hardback
370 pages
978-1-57808-177-6 (ISBN)
Description
An introductory text for students, professionals and others engaged in agricultural engineering and food sciences and technology in the primary processing of cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Enfield
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Weight
855 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57808-177-6 (9781578081776)
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Content
Part 1 Grain - properties, drying and dryers: properties of grains; psychometry; theory of grain drying; methods of grain drying; grain dryers; selection, design, specifications and testing of grain dryers. Part 2 Grain storage: food grain storage. Part 3 Parboiling: parboiling of grain; parboiling of wheat. Part 4 Milling: general grain milling operations; hydrothermal treatment/conditioning of cereal grains; rice milling; milling of corn, barley, rye, oats, sorghum and pulses. Part 5 By-products/biomass utilization: rice bran; utilization of rice bran; biomass-conversion technologies; postharvest technology of fruits and vegetables.