Singh, Heldman: Introduction to Food Engineering, 5th Editionth Edition

Chapter 7. Food Freezing

Video—Preparation of salmon filets for freezing in a frozen food plant

Video—Freezing salmon in a frozen food plant

Animation—Figure 7.1 Schematic diagram of an indirect-contact freezing system.

Animation—Figure 7.2 Schematic illustration of a plate freezing system.

Animation—Figure 7.4 Continuous air-blast freezing system.

Animation—Figure 7.5 Continuous freezing system for liquid foods. (Courtesy of Cherry-Burrell Corporation)

Animation—Figure 7.6 Schematic diagram of a direct-contact freezing system.

Video—Freezing foods in a spiral freezer

Animation—Figure 7.7 A fluidized-bed freezing system.

Animation—Figure 7.8 Schematic illustration of an immersion freezing system.

Animation—Figure 7.16 Use of Plank’s equation in determining freezing time.

Calculator—Example 7.1 Predict Freezing Time using Plank's equation

Calculator—Example 7.2 Predict Freezing time using Pham's method

Calculator—Example 7.3 Predict shape factor of a solid object