
Storage of Cereal Grains and Their Products
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Key Features
- Presents an up-to-date, end-to-end overview of the processing and storage of grain and grain related products
- Includes eleven new chapters that provide the latest insights into grain storage
- Edited by active cereals researchers working in industry, with experts from both academia and industry supplying chapters
- Includes essential information on the design and operation of grain facilities
- Provides coverage of the preservation of grain quality against specific threats
Readership
Table of Contents
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Part I: Introduction to Grain Storage
1. Introduction to cereals, oil seeds, pulses, and pseudo-cereals
2. Storage throughout history
3. Overview of contemporary storage systems for cereals, oil seeds, pulses, and pseudo-cereals
4. Alternative storage practices and technologies
5. Storage in developing countriesPart II: Design and operation of grain facilities
6. Physical, chemical, and engineering properties of grains
7. Layout, functional, and operational design considerations
8. Structural design, life safety, and explosion prevention considerations
9. Material handling operations
10. Cleaning and sorting operations
11. Grain sampling, inspection, and grading
12. Moisture in grains and its measurement
13. Near infrared and other rapid measurement systems
14. Grain drying systems
15. Grain aeration systems and storage management
16. Sensors, instrumentation, control, and automation systems
17. Safety, human interactions, and decision-making processes
18. Management systems and good manufacturing practices
19. Identity preservation and considerations for genetically modified organisms
20. Seed handling operationsPart III: Preservation of grain quality
21. Biochemical, functional, and nutritive changes during storage
22. Microflora and molds in grains
23. Mycotoxins in grains
24. Rodents in grains
25. Insects in grains
26. Control of pests and preventing deterioration during storage
27. Integrated pest management
28. BiosecurityPart IV: Further considerations
29. Economics of grain storage
30. Federal regulations and oversight
31. International perspectives
32. Conclusions and future prospects
Product details
- No. of pages: 772
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publ. & Cereals & Grains Assoc. Bookstore 2022
- Published: June 10, 2022
- Imprint: Woodhead Publ. & Cereals & Grains Assoc. Bookstore
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128127582
About the Editor
Kurt Rosentrater
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