ABSTRACT
Conditions .............................................................................................. 193 6.2.1 Primary Models ........................................................................ 194
6.2.1.1 Empirical Models ....................................................... 194 6.2.1.2 Biologically Based Growth Models ......................... 197
6.2.2 Secondary Models and the Effect of Temperature ............... 203 6.2.2 Tertiary Model ........................................................................... 205
6.3 Methods and Models for Growth under Dynamic Conditions ..... 205 6.4 Heat Transfer and Transient Temperature History ......................... 207
6.4.1 Direct Measurement of Temperature ..................................... 207 6.4.2 Estimation by Start and End Points of Temperature ........... 208 6.4.3 Computer Simulation of the Cooling Process ...................... 210
6.5 Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer .................................................211 6.6 Practical Applications of Growth Models and Dynamic
Simulation .............................................................................................. 212 6.6.1 Primary and Secondary Models ............................................. 212 6.6.2 Dynamic Simulation of C. perfringens Growth ......................214
