ISSN:
1750-3841
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The thermal behavior of a conductive canned food during retorting was represented using an input-output linear system, with a finite order N, and a time-delay. The input of the system was the retort temperature, the output was the temperature at the thermal center of the can. This model was applied for a typical sterilization process composed of two isothermal steps. The can internal temperature was expressed as a sum of N exponential terms in which appeared the constant holding retort temperatures, the come-up and come-down times and N pairs of heat penetration parameters identified in a preliminary experiment. The model was tested on a potato mash packed in metal cans processed in a vertical still retort. Temperatures estimated by the model agreed closely with those measured during thermal processing.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1994.tb06986.x
