Tim Brown

BSc, MInstR

Tim's work has been primarily related to heat and mass transfer and the interaction between product and equipment factors in food processing, including

• development and optimisation of novel and improved thermal processes (refrigeration, freezing, thawing and cooking)
• decontamination of foods (steam and organic acid application)
• separation processes (e.g. cutting of meat, frozen fish, slicing of salmon etc.)
• reducing energy use in refrigeration
• air cycle refrigeration systems for combined cooking and low temperature freezing
• secondary refrigeration systems for supermarkets
• humidification of retail display cabinets and food store rooms
• application of improved vacuum insulation to the food and food equipment industries
• mathematical modelling of heat and mass transfer.