Food Plant Economics covers the design and economic analysis of food preservation, food manufacturing, and food ingredients plants with regard to a number of representative food processes.

An accompanying CD-ROM includes prepared Excel spreadsheets for calculating various food plants scenarios by applying appropriate data regarding the cost of equipment and equipment sizing, material and energy balances, and plant operating costs.

Features:

• Provides an accompanying CD-ROM with prepared spreadsheet (Excel) applications
• Summarizes recent advances in food process and research technology, the structure of the food system in the US and EU, and the principles of modern design
• Applies the concepts of capital cost, operating cost, and cash flow to estimations of plant profitability
• Covers estimations of capital investment and operating costs including statistical data, empirical models, and useful rules of thumb
• Demonstrates the use of process engineering techniques to food preservation plants, manufacturing plants, and ingredients plants
• Contains a useful appendix with a glossary, tables, conversions, nomenclature, food properties, and heat transfer coefficients

Contents

Introduction

• Food System
• Food Process Technology
• Food Plant Economics
• Economic Analysis of Food Processing Plants
• Food Research and Development

Structure of the Food Industry

• Food Systems

Overview of Food Process and Plant Design

• Food Process Design
• Food Plant Design
• Food Plant Utilities
• Food Plant Economics

Process Engineering Economics

• Money Flow in a Business Enterprise
• Capital Cost
• Manufacturing Cost
• Cash Flow Analysis
• Plant Profitability
• Sensitivity Analysis

Capital Cost of Food Plants

• Quotations from Fabricators
• Equipment Cost Estimation
• Data for Preliminary Equipment Cost Estimation
• Short-Cut Equipment Sizing

Operating Cost of Food Plants

• Raw Materials
• Food Product Cost Data
• Packaging Materials
• Utilities
• Utility Cost Estimating Model
• Labor
• Labor Cost Estimation Model

Food Preservation Plants

• Tomato Paste Plant
• Orange Juice Concentration Plant
• UHT Sterilized Milk Plant
• Fruit Canning Plant
• Vegetable Freezing Plant
• Vegetable Dehydration Plant
• Techno-Economic Comparison
• Suppliers of Major Food Processing Equipment

Food Manufacturing Plants

• Bread Manufacturing Plant
• Yogurt Manufacturing Plant
• Wine Processing Plant
• Economic Comparison

Food Ingredients Plants

• Beet Sugar Plant
• Overview of Process Plant Optimization

Appendices

• Glossary of Economic Terms
• Notation and Conversion to SI Units
• Useful Thermophysical Properties of Water
• Thermophysical Properties of Some Food Materials
• Rheological Properties
• Overall Heat Transfer Coefficients
• Accompanying CD

Index

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