Chapter 3: Background Skills for Food Processing

In Chapter 3, we look at organizing information and how to approach different problems through dimensional analysis. The techniques established here will be used consistently throughout the remainder of the book. We then move on to looking at temperature and pressure measurements as well as doing practice problems involving related conversions. Following an introduction of density and specific gravity, the chapter is completed with a number of mass balance calculations. This chapter is designed to meet the needs of those who feel intimidated when attempting to solve problems of a mathematical nature and who may struggle to consolidate information into a manageable format.