CHEhIISTRP AND INDUSTRY
MS)' 18, ion4
espccinlly in iniirine transport wlicrc tlic pcriod is likely to bc long, but it is totally iliffcrcnt froni nn enginccriiig point of ricw. On road nnd rid iiiinicroiis nttcmpts iirc bring niiiiic to provitle insulritcd iind refrigcrnted trrinsport superior t o tliiit obtninnl~lc with ice or icc iind salt. JIcclinnicril :ind solid crirhon diosidc systciiis lirivc cricli a following. Tlic simplicity and fool-proof qniilitics of tlic liittcr iirc such t h t they woultl 11:ivc tlic field to tlicinsclvrs wore it not for the very iiiiicli clieiipcr running ol)tiiincd with thc mccliiiiiic;il system.
In this brirf rcvicw of tlie situntion in tlic coinlined field of rcfrigcriition : i d tlic food industry i t hns only bccn possible to touch on ti few problciiis rind to deal with tliciii superficially. The fuct tlirit tlic ficld is so big mist be n t the sninc timc :in ~S C I I S C for tlic cursory iintiirc of the paper rind its \vliolc point. I t is not only thosc \vho Lire ciirrying out f~in~lii~iie~itiil research \die nre riitling both industries to iniprovc thcir tccliniqiie but nll wlio using powers of ol)scrvution cull tletcct in their daily roiitiiic soiiic significii1it cliffcrcncc :ind following it up crin corrcliitc it with clinngctl conditions or procctliirc. Tliouc destined for piirc rcsenrcli iirc few. 't'licir findings linvc to bc trnnsliitcd into prncticc in industry I)y tlic iniiny.
rcsiilts iuto the factory know tliiit tlit! Iiciilthy criticisiii iintl tlic viiliiiiI)lc co-opcriitioii of tlic tcchnologist arc tlic factors wliicli :idtlctl to tlic results of rcsciircli will ovcrritk tlir niiiny clilliciiltics cncountcrctl and hirig siicccss in indiistry. r 1 1 hose mlio linrc csprriencc of pitting Inhoriitory REFERENCES 1 Morein niitl Sniitli, Ftiocl Iiircstigntioii Spccinl Ilelmrt.