This book covers different aspects of food bioprocess engineering for value-added food production and waste management. The various topics presented include food biotechnology and bioprocess engineering, fermenter and bioreactor design, studies related to unit operations, and food safety and regulatory issues for safe and nutritious food product development using novel biotechnology and bioprocessing technologies. The book also addresses food industry waste utilization for first-, second-, and third-generation biofuel production, as well as biodegradable packaging materials. This book:
- Includes the basic principles of both biotechnology and bioprocess engineering related to food preservation and product development.
- Covers unit operations such as membrane filtration, chromatography, cocrystallization and nano-encapsulation, supercritical fluid extraction, DNA recombination, and PCR technology.
- Discusses pertinent regulatory constraints.
- Reviews recent developments, challenges, and opportunities in food biotechnology and bioprocess engineering, including fermenter and bioreactor design.
- Addresses food safety and regulatory issues for safe and nutritious food product development.
- Is aimed at graduate students and researchers in food and chemical engineering, bioprocessing, and food biotechnology.
Anwesa Sarkar is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Processing Technology, Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology (GKCIET), Malda, West Bengal, India. She earned her B.Tech. degree in Agricultural Engineering from Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, and did her M.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering with a major in Food Biotechnology Engineering at Gobind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, where she was also awarded a PhD in Agricultural Engineering with a major in Process and Food Engineering. She is also a life member of professional bodies such as ISAE and AFSTI. Her areas of interest include food biotechnology, food bioprocessing, fermentation, biofuels, food industry waste management, and by-product development, etc. She has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Kshirod Kumar Dash, PhD, is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Food Processing Technology, Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology (GKCIET), Malda, West Bengal, India. Previously he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam. Dr Dash completed his B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering at the the College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, OUAT, Bhubaneswar; and his M.Tech. in Dairy and Food Engineering and his PhD in Food Process Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. Dr Dash obtained his Post-Doc from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. He has guided several postgraduate and doctoral students and published material in over 50 publications, including peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters in edited volumes.. He is a life member of various professional bodies in India and a member of IFT, USA. Dr Dash's research interests include food process engineering, unit operations in food processing, fluid mechanics, and heat and mass transfer in food processing.
