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 I happened onto this manual just now and it got me to thinking about solar drying again.
click the image to download the manual The document was prepared as a training manual for a Zimbabwian project funded by the Austrian Embassy titled Establishment of a production, sales and consulting infrastructure for solar thermal [...] If you are like me you enjoy getting a simple understanding of a food process/technology, even if you are never likely to use it! from: EFWE (click image for full story online) Thes is the case with this masters thesis, which presents a nice simple (two different levels of detail) explanation of the sugar [...] What at first glimpse seems to be a rather crude processing technology that produces mass market foods, is growing in the UK and seems to be attracting attention. click the image to visit the website At first glimpse it also appears to be an energy intensive process, but it needs to be [...] I have always been a promoter of sun and solar drying, because they allow people to convert perishable fruit, often available at low or no cost during the season, into a stable product that can be stored until the next season at almost no or low cost. This article provides some good information on [...] This document is really well worth the read. click the image to visit the website Two things that are interesting about the examples discussed are: 1) They mainly reduce the factories impact on the environment by saving water, energy or reducing emissions which are often product, raw material or byproduct. So the fixed production [...] This document from a Queensland (Australia) initiative to improve eco-efficiency covers a number of emerging issues in Food Manufacturing. click image to visit site Some of the topical issues discussed are Food miles, Virtual water, Life cycle assessment, Supply chain management and Food eco-labelling. The site also contains case studies and manuals that provide [...] These screenshots are from a Time article on a Conference Poster on a study that evaluated the cost of nutrition sourced from fresh, dried, frozen and canned foods. You will find more information in my Google+ posts. Time article on a Conference Poster click image above to visit the site [...] There’s quite some controversy around the new low energy light bulbs. Much depends on how long the bulbs actually last. This is quite difficult as it comes down to perception because it’s not possible to measure the running time of a build in normal household operation. So when 3 of the 4 the [...] Heres a short, only 20 pages long, and very practical “recipe book” for the drying of tropical fruit. from: University of California, Davis (click image for full story online) It is from a project run by University of California, Davis in Tanzania and Nicaragua on the introduction of a Concentrated Solar Power Dryer for [...]
A while back I wrote about pressure processing which was driven by the “fresher flavour” of juice that is not heated. Freeze concentration is driven by the same quality concerns and is an alternative to concentration by boiling off water. click the image to visit the website This article from the Institute of Food Technologists [...] |
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