examples of frperc research and consultancy projects

frperc has carried out research and consultancy in a wide range of fields. The main topics are listed on the research topics page.

The project list below represents the projects for which there is information on this website. More project information will be added to this site as time allows, in the meantime, some more project information is available on the old frperc website, which can be reached using the following link to the old frperc website link page.

The project summaries listed below can also be accessed from the relevant research topics pages.

Follow the links in the list to find pages that give more information on each research topic. If you are interested in a project, but do not see it listed below, please do not hesitate to contact us as we may still be able to provide information on it. To contact frperc, please email frperc, phone +44(0)117 928 9239 or see the contacting frperc page for more contact details.

Research project links

Air Cycle Link; Development of integrated, rapid heating and cooling systems for the food industry

Atmospheric Steam Decontamination of Poultry

Bugdeath; Development of equipment to investigate bacterial death kinetics

ColdRoom; Cold storage facility modelling

Cutting carbon emissions in the food industry

Creating Physical Structure from Disarray

DEFRA funded Energy use in Food Refrigeration project

Domestic white goods energy use review.

FSA funded Hygienic production of skin-on sheep carcasses

FSA funded Lairage cleaning and disinfection

FSA funded Pre-skinning treatments cattle and sheep to improve meat safety

FSA funded Physical methods for pathogen reduction on poultry

FSA funded Reduction of Campylobacter in poultry processing

FSA funded Reduction of Salmonella in pork production

Vacuum insulation panel (VIP) development

YoghurtAir; Air cycle based heating and cooling systems for yoghurt production.

Consultancy project links

Bernoulli airflow grippers for flat sheet foods

Freeze (cryogenic) grippers for flat sheet foods

Initial development of automated handwash unit

Salmon surface decontamination with atmospheric pressure steam

Vacuum insulation panel energy efficiency demonstrator