Guidelines for performing heat penetration
trials for establishing thermal processes
in batch retort systems

Adequate heat penetration is crucial to ensuring effective heat treatment. This document gives clear guidance on when to conduct heat penetration tests, how to approach such tests, and how to interpret heat penetration data. It also highlights critical control points for manufacturing operations and how these relate to performing heat penetration tests. It is equally suited to established processors and those new to batch retort operations.

The contents include:

• Target processes
• When is heat penetration testing required?
• Selection of evaluation equipment
• Experimental design
• Test methodology
• Approaches to interpretation of heat penetration data
• Documentation of scheduled processes/critical factors
• Retesting
• Glossary of terms

Softcover - 75 pages