Hii C. Processing and Drying of and Foods Vegetables Fruits 2013 torrent

Textbook in PDF format

This e-book is an edited and reviewed collection of selected keynote papers addressed in the 1st and 2nd International Symposia on Processing and Drying of Foods, Vegetables and Fruits (ISPDFVF) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11th – 12th April 2011 and 18th – 19th June 2012, respectively. The symposiums were jointly organized between The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus and The Transport Process Research (TPR) Group of Prof. A.S. Mujumdar then located at the National University of Singapore and now at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.
In this e-book, which can be freely downloaded and translated into different languages to enhance access, several topics are discussed on various key aspects of food processing, i.e. baking, drying, role of food antioxidants, food quality, physical and chemical analyses, and new processing techniques. The opening chapter in this e-book is a special paper presented by Prof. Arun S. Mujumdar entitled “On Academia-Industry Interaction: Perspectives on What It Takes to Succeed in R&D”. This paper addresses the main issues of R&D carried out by academia and problems associated with transferring the research findings to industrial practice. As industrial processing necessarily implies need to include industry personnel in relevant R&D projects, it is important to find ways of enhancing academia-industry interaction