Simplified Procedure for Estimating the Effect of a Change in Heating Rate on Sterilization Value
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 46 (1) , 16-18
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-46.1.16
Abstract
A general relationship between a relative change in the temperature response parameter, f, and the sterilization value delivered in a thermal process has been developed. The relationship is based on numerical differentiation of Ball's formula method and employs a dimensionless elasticity term to express the relative change in sterilization value due to a relative change in heating rate. The funtion presented can be used for g's of up to 30°F and for changes of 3 to 20% in the value of the temperature response parameter.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: