By Sabah Mounir, Carmen Téllez-Pérez, Maritza Alonzo-Macías, Karim Allaf (auth.), Tamara Allaf, Karim Allaf (eds.)
using speedy managed strain Drop (D.I.C.) in meals processing operations is comparatively new compared to different traditional or cutting edge applied sciences. as well as latest functions corresponding to drying, texturing and decontamination, D.I.C. expertise has been proven to be hugely acceptable for an ever-growing variety of makes use of and with quite a lot of uncooked fabrics. a few examples are post-harvesting and drying of vegatables and fruits; cereal steaming; extraction of crucial oils and lively molecules, the place D.I.C. should be mixed with supercritical fluids, ultrasound or microwaves; and the hydrolysis of cellulose and the transesterification of lipids.
This ebook provides a whole photo of present wisdom at the use of D.I.C. in meals processing, renovation and extraction. It offers a entire compilation, summarizing the basics of D.I.C. expertise, present advancements, new study findings, security precautions and environmental affects. it is going to additionally give a contribution to widening the scope of D.I.C. expertise during the inclusion of a few much-needed examples of commercial functions. every one bankruptcy of the publication is complementary to the opposite chapters. all of them are in accordance with displays of reputed overseas researchers and tackle the most recent development within the field.
Professor Karim ALLAF heads a learn group engaged on the intensification of eco-processes at l. a. Rochelle college. he's a physicist and knowledgeable within the thermodynamics of “instantaneity”.
Dr. Tamara ALLAF is the R&D supervisor of ABCAR-DIC technique corporation. A chemical engineer, she acquired her Ph.D. in cutting edge extraction processes.