University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to Food Engineering -- Farm Machinery Automation -- Grain Harvesting Machinery Design -- Grain Storage Systems Design -- Agricultural Waste Management in Food Processing -- Milking Machinery Design -- Dairy Product Processing Equipment --Grain Processing Engineering -- Technology of Processing of Horticultural Crops -- Food Drying and Evaporation Processing Operations -- Food Freezing Technology -- Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing -- Food Rheology -- Thermal Processing for Food Sterilization and Preservation -- Food Process Modeling, Simulation and Optimization -- Design of Food Processing Controls Systems -- Ohmic Pasteurization of Meat and Meat Products -- Food Safety Engineering -- Food Processing Facility Design -- Food Packaging Machinery -- Damage reduction of food products during transportation and handling -- Food Regulations.

A comprehensive reference for engineers who design and build farm machinery, processing equipment, shipping containers and packaging, as well as storage equipment. This book is written by twenty-two of the leading engineers in the world and gives both a broad and technically detailed look at these critical parts of any farm-to-fork operation.