Problems for What-If analysis from Introduction to Food Engineering

The following provides a listing of example problems from Introduction to Food Engineering (5th Edition). The examples are presented in a manner that allows what-if analysis. Instructors and students are encouraged to use these spreadsheet type solutions to investigate the influence of various design and operating parameters for each problem. It is expected that through such analysis, a clearer understanding of the respective problems may be attained. (I will very much appreciate receiving any corrections, please email rpsingh@ucdavis.edu)

 

Problems Listed by Name

Mass Transfer
Evaporation of water (Example 10.1)
Rate of water evaporation (Example 10.2)
Mass transfer coefficient (Example 10.4)
Permeability coefficient (Example 10.9)

Membrane Separation
Osmotic pressure of juice (Example 11.1)
Osmotic pressure (Example 11.2)
ultrafiltration (Example 11.3)
Milk concentration (Example 11.5)

Dehydration
Water activity (Example 12.1)
Critical Moisture content (Example 12.2)
Falling rate period (Example 12.6)
Drying of coffee (Example 12.8)

Some Additional Problems
Predicting Density of Foods
Predicting Specific Heat of Foods
Predicting Thermal Conductivity of Foods
Predicting Thermal Diffusivity of Foods