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Predictive microbiology in process environments

Reference	D08114
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Peter Fryer
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr C McFarlane, Professor Colin Thomas
Institution	University of Birmingham
Department	Chemical Engineering
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	163,457
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/11/1997
End date	01/01/2001
Duration	36 months

Abstract

A major engineering problem in the food industry is understanding the growth and inactivation of microorganisms during food processing. Recent developments in microbiology have resulted in predictive models, derived from experiments under isothermal conditions. We propose an interdisciplinary study to extend predictive microbiology into the dynamic conditions of real process plant, to develop (I) new techniques for studying microbial growth in process environments, (ii) new engineering models incorporating predictive microbiological equations, and (iii) new validated equations for microbial growth and inactivation in systems representative of real plant. Results will be published in both the engineering and microbiological literature. (Joint with grant D08115).

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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D08115 Predictive microbiology in process environments

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