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ENERGY USE QUANTIFICATION IN THE CANNING OF CLINGSTONE PEACHES
Author(s) -
CARROAD P. A.,
SINGH R. P.,
CHHINNAN M. S.,
JACOB N. L.,
ROSE W. W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1980.tb04143.x
Subject(s) - electric potential energy , environmental science , body orifice , electric power , energy consumption , waste management , thermal energy , energy (signal processing) , specific energy , process engineering , nuclear engineering , automotive engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , electrical engineering , mathematics , statistics , physics , quantum mechanics
Thermal and electrical energy usages in a California clingstone peach cannery were monitored to establish energy consumption levels and to identify energy intensive unit operations. Representative processing lines were instrumented with orifice plates for steam flow measurements and with electric watt transducers for electrical power monitoring to yield actual consumption values. Steam use in the lye peelers and retorts accounted for 98% of all energy consumed, indicating that further examination of these operations for modification or equipment redesign should be a first priority for energy conservation. Pumping of liquids and dry conveying of fruit and waste material accounted for 61% of all electrical energy use. Electrical energy use amounted to only 2% of the total energy used, however, on an equivalent fossil fuel use basis.