Food irradiation
Description
Food treatment by means of ionizing energy, or irradiation, is an innovative method for its preservation. In order to treat important volumes of food, it is necessary to have industrial irradiation installations. The effect of radiations on food is analyzed in the present special work and a calculus scheme for an Irradiation Plant is proposed, discussing different aspects related to its project and design: ionizing radiation sources, adequate civil work, security and auxiliary systems to the installations, dosimetric methods and financing evaluation methods of the project. Finally, the conceptual design and calculus of an irradiation industrial plant of tubercles is made, based on the actual needs of a specific agricultural zone of our country. (Author)
Availability note (English)
Available from Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica, Buenos Aires (AR). Library.Abstract (Spanish)
El tratamiento de alimentos por medio de energia ionizante, o irradiacion, es un metodo innovativo de preservacion de los mismos. Para poder tratar volumenes importantes de alimentos es preciso contar con instalaciones industriales de irradiacion. En el presente trabajo especial se exponen y analizan los efectos de las radiaciones sobre los alimentos y se propone un esquema de calculo de una planta de irradiacion, discutiendo diversos aspectos relacionados a su proyecto y diseno: fuentes de radiacion ionizante, obra civil necesaria, sistemas de seguridad y sistemas auxiliares a la instalacion, metodos dosimetricos y metodos de evaluacion financiera del proyecto. Finalmente, se realiza el diseno conceptual y calculo de una planta industrial de irradiacion de tuberculos, basandose en las necesidades actuales de una determinada zona agricola de nuestro pais. (Autor)Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Spanish)
- La irradiacion de alimentos
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 193 p.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Argentina
- Country of Input or Organization
- Argentina
- INIS RN
- 23042835
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- CONSTRUCTION; DOSIMETRY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION DEVICES; IRRADIATION PLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATION TRANSPORT; RADURIZATION; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SAFETY STANDARDS; SPECIFICATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- FOOD PROCESSING; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PRESERVATION; RADIOPRESERVATION; STANDARDS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Special work presented at the Nuclear Engineering career (Instituto Balseiro, San Carlos de Bariloche (AR)).