SFOS directory

Unit Conversion. Converts single or combinations of units, and temperatures.
Curve Fitting. Fits linear, logarithmic, exponential, power, polynomial, spline curves to data.
Steam Table. Calculation of liquid and vapor enthalpies and entropies, and heat of evaporation.
Michaelis Menten Enzyme Kinetics. Calculation of kinetic parameters, plots, and inhibition analysis.
Infinite Geometry heat transfer for slabs, cylinders, spheres. Analytical or numerical solutions, graphics.
Thermal Processing. 3 Modules : Analysis of Data, Simulation, Real time Control.
Water Activity. Fitting various isotherm equations to water activity-moisture content data.
GAB Isotherm Fitting. Fitting experimental data to the GAB isotherm equation.
Air Drying. Prediction of temperature and moisture content during air drying.. Graphics.
Psychrometric chart Graphics of moisture-temperature-enthalpy-volume relationship in moist air.
Distillation. Binary distillation analysis using McCabe-Thiele method.
Evaporator design. Calculations for multi-effect evaporators.
Creep analysis. Rheology of viscoelastic foods.
Freezer Room Heat Load Calculations.
Freeze-thaw calculations. Predictions of temperature, and frozen front during phase change of foods.
Size reduction. Analysis of average particle size, crushing energy for powder materials.
Process Control. Demonstration of proportional, derivative, integral control. On-off techniques.

Copyrighted Software

"Automated quality evaluation of shrimp". University of Florida. 9433. Luzuriaga, D.A. and Balaban, M.O. March 2, 1998
"Windows-based software tool for the thermal processing of shrimp". University of Florida. 10096. Erdogdu, F., Balaban, M.O., Chau, K.V. May 17, 1999
"Automation of Heat Transfer Coefficient Determination : Development of a Windows based software tool". University of Florida. 10097. Erdogdu, F., Balaban, M.O., Chau, K.V. June 30,2000
"Color Analysis Program, 1.0". M. O. Balaban, D.A. Luzuriaga.University of Florida. May 7, 2001
ColorExpert program. University of Florida. Copyright No.TXu 1-097-426. Issued, or registered, on March 7, 2003