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Title: Infrared radiation industrial application and economic benefits.

Author
item ERDOGDU, BELGIN - Mersin University
item EKIZ, IBRAHIM - Mersin University
item ERDOGDU, FERRUH - Mersin University
item ATUNGULU, GRIFFITHS - University Of California
item Pan, Zhongli

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/2010
Publication Date: 8/1/2010
Citation: Belgin S. Erdogdu, Ibrahim H. Ekiz, Ferruh Erdogdu, Griffiths Gregory Atungulu and Zhongli Pan. 2010. Infrared radiation industrial application and economic benefits. In: Infrared Heating for Food and Agricultural Processing. Editor Zhongli Pan and Griffiths G. Atungulu. Contemporary Food Engineering. Taylor & Francis Group Publishers. p. 237-274.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: IR heating has been accepted to be one of the important means for cooking, drying, roasting, baking, blanching and pasteurization of food and agricultural products. This chapter reviews the scientific developments in IR applications, demonstrates the status of selected industrial and pilot scale IR applications, discusses the economic benefits of IR applications in food and agricultural processes and provides conclusive remarks on the present needs for successful industrial implementation of IR technologies.