Retrofitting of a vertical retort for on-line control of the sterilization process

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-96

  Kumar, M A ^a   Ramesh, M N ^a   Nagaraja Rao, S ^b  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SRI JAYACHAMARAJENDRA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MICROCONTROLLERS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SENSORS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

MICROCONTROLLER-BASED RETORT CONTROL SYSTEMS;

FOOD PROCESSING;

EID: 0343338313     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(00)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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