Flender/Flender Gear Units/Bevel-helical speed reducers B3
orld Grain , Nov. 1.) Introduction these methods must prevent microbial spoilage, but they may be effective to varying de-

grees in preventing enzymatic and chemical spoilage. Leaving aside potential innovative preservation techniques such as ohmic heating, pulsed electric eld,

edible coating, and encapsulation, generally, industrial methods offood preservation include: Removal of moisturedrying/dehydration, concentration, etc. Removal of heatrefrigeration/cold-storage, freezing, etc.Addition

of heatcanning, pasteurization, etc.Addition of chemicals/preservativesFermentation Other methodsapplication of high-frequency current, irradiation, etc. Apart from these, various other technologies such

as pyrolysis, gasication, combus- tion, and chemical and biochemical processing are also used for conversion of biomassand grain by-products to chemicals, energy, and other value-added products. Amalendu Chakraverty BIBLIOGRAPHY Chakraverty. Postharvest Technology. Eneld, NH: Science Publishers, 2. JG Ponte, Kulp, eds. Handbook of Cereal Science and Technology, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2. Contents Preface iii Introduction vContributors xv Part : Properties, Grades, Harvesting, and Threshing 1. Structure and Composition of Cereal Grains and Legumes 1 Esmaeil Riahi and Hosahalli . Ramaswamy 2. Physical and Thermal Properties of Cereal Grains 1 Shyam . Sablani and Hosahalli . Ramaswamy 3. Grain-Grading Systems 4 Rajshekhar . Hulasare, Digvir . Jayas, and Bernie . Dronzek 4. Harvesting and Threshing 5 Adhir . Datta Part II: Drying 5. Grain Drying: Basic Principles 1 Arun . Mujumdar and Ja nos Beke xi xii Contents 6. Grain-Drying Systems 1 Susanta Kumar Das and Amalendu Chakraverty 7. Commercial Grain Dryers 1 . . Vijaya Raghavan Part III: Storage and Handling 8. Grain Storage: Perspectives and Problems 1 Somiahnadar Rajendran 9. Structural Considerations: Warehouse and Silo 2 Ananada . Gupta and Sriman . Bhattacharyya 1. Controlled Atmospher