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Calculation of Thermal Process Lethality for Conduction‐Heated Canned Foods
Author(s) -
PHAM Q. T.
Publication year - 1987
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.1365-2621.1987.tb14254.x
Subject(s) - dimensionless quantity , thermal conduction , mathematics , thermodynamics , algebraic equation , algebraic number , thermal , chemistry , physics , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , nonlinear system
The problem of deriving a formula to calculate sterilizing values from temperature curves was examined. For the high sterilizing value range (U/f>1), a simple algebraic formula was found that enabled the temperature approach g and the sterilizing value U to be calculated from each other to within 3%. For low sterilizing values (U/f>1) regression equations were presented to calculate g from U. A table was also given as an alternative to the equations. The method took into account variations in initial product temperature and cooling water temperature. Being expressed in terms of dimensionless quantities, it was more generally applicable than previous methods derived along similar lines.