Course Overview

The lectures will provide description and explanation about the basic principles and methodologies employed in food process engineering, including the applications of various unit operations based on food physics and food physical properties. The main processes and operations that will be discussed are on heating, freezing, separation, emulsification, flow, heat/mass transfer, and other reactions.

Learning Achievement

The students will gain knowledge on Food Engineering Science by learning the Principles of Food Engineering and examining Food Processing Applications.

Competence

Expertise, English language proficiency

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

The students will be graded based on the reports submitted at the end of the course.

Course schedule

Introduction ？ Sustainability in Food: Gives the societal background on why this course is important, and discusses the elements that determine the scope of this course. The chapter also gives some practical examples.
Mass and Heat Flow Analysis; The first step in any thorough analysis is tracing what goes where, and what is lost where. The tracking of mass and heat flows is essential for this.
Exergy Analysis ？ An Introduction; Exergy, a fundamental concept in thermodynamic theory, lets us connect mass and energy flows, such that we can compare and balance them. Here we introduce the concept in a practical manner, and discuss how it can be used
Exergy Analysis and Psychrometry; Most losses in the food and bio-industry are related with water: dilution, concentration, and drying take up large quantities of energy, and have big consequences on the quality of the product. Exergy analysis in processe
Sustainability in Food; Tools to analyse and improve the sustainability of our production processes, and their application to a range of systems will be viewed. The rules with the concept of Eco-Exergy will be complemented.

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Boom Remko,Neves Marcos Antonio

Other information

Site for Inquiry

Link to the syllabus provided by the university