Fundamentals and Operations in Food Process Engineering
暫譯: 食品加工工程的基本原理與操作

這本修訂版的《食品加工工程的基本原理與操作》已充分擴展，新增了四個章節，涵蓋蒸餾、浸出與萃取、高溫食品加工以及食品加工中的輸送系統。現在本書包含五個主要部分：食品加工工程的基本原理、食品加工中的機械操作、食品加工中的熱操作、食品加工中的質量傳遞操作，以及食品加工中的高溫和輸送操作。第二版的章節針對食品加工中的基本工程原理和應用，專注於特定的分析問題，以及全面、系統和分析的方法，旨在設計各種食品加工系統。本書包含約250個詳細解答的範例和185個練習題，以增強學生的理解和興趣。

主要特點：
- 提供基本原理和定量分析的平衡覆蓋，以促進全面學習。
- 對食品加工中的所有單元操作進行詳細討論，並附有插圖和圖表。
- 包含輸送系統和高溫加工技術，以擴大覆蓋範圍。
- 提供數值問題的解決方案，而不使用複雜的圖表和圖形。
- 討論與食品加工操作實際相關的數值和練習問題。

這本修訂版的書籍新增了章節，旨在為任何食品科學與加工工程、乳品科學與工程、食品技術及相關工程學科的本科生和研究生提供學習資源，並適合希望深入了解食品加工系統相關的過程工程和單元操作基本原理的行業專業人士和在職工程師。

Susanta Kumar Das is a former professor in the Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Department of Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India. He also completed a postgraduate diploma in Computer Science from the same institution. He earned his doctoral degree from IIT Kharagpur, India. Dr. Das worked at IIT Kharagpur for over 35 years, where his teaching focused on different aspects of Post-Harvest Engineering, Dairy and Food Engineering, and Food Process Engineering for undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students.

He was one of the founding faculty members of the biotechnology and biochemical engineering discipline in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. Additionally, he served as a visiting faculty member at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, Howrah, India, in the School of Community Science and Technology for more than two years, teaching master's degree students in Food Processing and Nutrition Science.

Dr. Das is also associated with the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Narendrapur Campus, Kolkata, India, as a guest faculty member in the School of Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) for over five years, where he taught postgraduate diploma students in Post-Harvest and Food Process Engineering.

He has supervised 14 doctoral students and over 60 postgraduate students in post-harvest engineering and food process engineering. Dr. Das has published more than 80 research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals, along with numerous publications in national and international conference proceedings. He has contributed several chapters to various edited books.

He is a life member of several professional organizations in India and has served as a reviewer for numerous international journals in his fields of expertise.

Madhusweta Das is a former associate professor and adjunct professor in the Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India. Dr. Das earned her bachelor's degree with honors in Chemistry from the University of Calcutta. She subsequently earned her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Dr. Das also served as a guest faculty member at the School of Community Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, Howrah, India, for over a year. Currently, she is associated with the Indian Institute of Packaging, Kolkata, India, where she has been a guest faculty member for over six years.

She has more than 38 years of experience in teaching and research, with undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students across several engineering disciplines, including Aquacultural, Chemical, Biochemical, Biotechnology, Dairy and Food, Post-Harvest, and Food Process Engineering.

She has approximately 130 publications in national and international refereed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. Dr. Das holds five patents, notably on edible plastics, functional soft fruit-based confections, functional soups, hydroxyapatite, and fish scale-derived glue. Her research interests include Macromolecular Science and Technology, Edible and Biodegradable Plastics, Bio-Surfactants, Functional Foods, Food Waste Utilization, and Food Packaging.

Dr. Das has supervised seven doctoral students and more than 40 postgraduate students in Food Process Engineering and Aquacultural Engineering. She is a life member of several professional organizations in India and has also been a member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).

She has received several awards and recognitions, and two of her doctoral students have received prestigious awards from IFT, USA, for their outstanding research work.

蘇桑塔·庫馬·達斯（Susanta Kumar Das）是印度卡哈格普爾印度理工學院（IIT Kharagpur）農業與食品工程系的前教授。他在印度賈達夫普爾大學（Jadavpur University）食品科技與生化工程系獲得學士和碩士學位，並在同一機構完成計算機科學的研究生文憑。他在卡哈格普爾印度理工學院獲得博士學位。達斯博士在卡哈格普爾印度理工學院工作超過35年，教學重點涵蓋了不同方面的後收穫工程、乳品與食品工程以及食品加工工程，面向本科生、研究生和博士生。

他是卡哈格普爾印度理工學院化學工程系生物技術與生化工程學科的創始教員之一。此外，他還在印度工程科學與技術學院（IIEST）西布普爾校區的社區科學與技術學院擔任訪問教員超過兩年，教授食品加工與營養科學的碩士生。

達斯博士還與印度加爾各答的拉馬克里希納使命維韋卡南達教育與研究院（RKMVERI）農業與鄉村發展學院（ARD）有關聯，擔任客座教員超過五年，教授後收穫與食品加工工程的研究生文憑學生。

他已指導14名博士生和超過60名後收穫工程及食品加工工程的碩士生。達斯博士在國際和國內的同行評審期刊上發表了超過80篇研究論文，並在國內外會議論文集中發表了多篇文章。他為多本編輯書籍貢獻了幾個章節。

他是印度多個專業組織的終身會員，並擔任多個國際期刊的審稿人，專注於他的專業領域。

馬杜斯維塔·達斯（Madhusweta Das）是印度卡哈格普爾印度理工學院農業與食品工程系的前副教授和兼任教授。達斯博士在加爾各答大學獲得化學榮譽學士學位，隨後在賈達夫普爾大學獲得食品科技與生化工程的學士、碩士和博士學位。

達斯博士還在印度工程科學與技術學院（IIEST）西布普爾校區的社區科學與技術學院擔任訪問教員超過一年。目前，她與印度加爾各答的包裝學院有關聯，擔任客座教員超過六年。

她在教學和研究方面擁有超過38年的經驗，涵蓋了水產養殖、化學、生化、生物技術、乳品與食品、後收穫和食品加工工程等多個工程學科的本科生、研究生和博士生。

她在國內外的同行評審期刊、書籍章節和會議論文中發表了約130篇文章。達斯博士擁有五項專利，特別是在可食用塑料、功能性軟水果糖果、功能性湯品、羥基磷灰石和魚鱗衍生膠水方面。她的研究興趣包括大分子科學與技術、可食用和可生物降解塑料、生物表面活性劑、功能性食品、食品廢棄物利用和食品包裝。

達斯博士已指導七名博士生和超過40名食品加工工程及水產養殖工程的碩士生。她是印度多個專業組織的終身會員，並曾是美國農業與生物工程師學會（ASABE）和食品技術學會（IFT）的成員。

她獲得了多項獎項和榮譽，其中兩名博士生因其卓越的研究工作獲得了美國IFT的榮譽獎。