Ohmic Heating Technology for Processing of Foods and Food Products

Preeti Birwal, PhD, is a Scientist in Processing and Food Engineering at the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology at Punjab Agricultural University, India, where she is working on nonthermal food preservation, fermented beverages, food packaging, and technology of millet-based beer. She has participated at national and international conferences and seminars and has delivered lectures as a resource person on doubling farmers’ income through dairy technology. She has published research papers, edited books, book chapters, popular articles, conference papers, abstracts, and editorial opinions. She also serves as an external examiner for various Indian state agricultural universities and as an editor and reviewer for several journals.Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering a the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He was proclaimed as the “Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century” by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 52 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 100 books.Baldev Singh Kalsi, PhD, is involved in the field of food engineering research, currently working on ohmic heating-assisted extraction of valuable components from agricultural produce. He has participated in national and international conferences.

• PART I: INTRODUCTION. 1. Introduction to Ohmic Heating: Principles and Fundamentals. 2. History and Recent Developments in Ohmic Heating Technology. PART II: EQUIPMENT AND PROCESS DESIGN FOR OHMIC HEATING SYSTEMS. 3. Generic Configurations for the Design of Ohmic Heating Systems. 4. Design Aspects and Process Engineering of Ohmic Heating Systems. PART III: EFFECTS OF OHMIC HEATING ON FOOD QUALITY AND MICROBIAL SAFETY. 5. Effect of Ohmic Heating on Microbial and Enzyme Systems. 6. Effects of Ohmic Heating on Food Components. 7. Ohmic Heating: Applications in Various Unit Operations in the Food Processing Industry. 8. Ohmic Heating-Assisted Extraction of Biocomponents from Foods and Food Products. PART IV: APPLICATIONS OF OHMIC HEATING IN FOOD PROCESSING. 9. Scope of Ohmic Heating Systems in the Food Processing Industry. 10. Application of Ohmic Heating in Milk and Milk Products Processing. 11. Applications of Ohmic Heating in the Processing of Fruits and Vegetables. 12. Applications of Ohmic Heating in Meat and Meat Products.