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Aim of Objectives:
The students would be exposed to the fundamental knowledge in Evaporation, Filtration, Sedimentation, Processing, Sieve analysis, Crystallization and Distillation in processing of agricultural produce.
AI3302 – Unit Operations In Agricultural Processing Syllabus
Unit I: Evaporation And Concentration
Unit operations in food processing –conservation of mass and energy – overall view of an engineering process – dimensions and units – dimensional and unit consistency – dimensionless ratios-evaporation – definition – liquid characteristics – single and multiple effect evaporation performance of evaporators and boiling point elevation – capacity – economy and heat balance types of evaporators – once through and circulation evaporators – short tube evaporators and long tube evaporators – agitated film evaporator.
Unit II: Mechanical Separation
Filtration – definition –filter media – types and requirements – constant rate filtration – constant pressure filtration – filter cake resistance – filtration equipment – rotary vacuum filter – filter press sedimentation – gravitational sedimentation of particles in a fluid – Stoke’s law, sedimentation of particles in gas – cyclones – settling under sedimentation and gravitational sedimentation – centrifugal separations – rate of separations – liquid–liquid separation – centrifuge equipment.
Unit III: Size Reduction
Size reduction – grinding and cutting – principles of comminuting – characteristics of comminuted products – particle size distribution in comminuted products – energy and power requirements in comminuting – crushing efficiency – Rittinger’s, Bond’s and Kick’s laws for crushing – size reduction equipment – crushers – jaw crusher, gyratory crusher – crushing rolls – grinders – hammer mills – rolling compression mills – attrition, rod, ball and tube mills – construction and operation.
Unit IV: Contact Equilibrium Separation
Contact equilibrium separation processes – concentrations – gas-liquid and solid-liquid equilibrium – equilibrium concentration relationships – operating conditions – calculation of separation in contact – equilibrium processes – gas absorption – rate of gas absorption – stage – equilibrium gas – absorption equipment – properties of tower packing – types – construction – flow through packed towers – extraction – rate of extraction – stage equilibrium extraction – equipment for leaching coarse solids – intermediate solids – basket extractor – extraction of fine material – Dorr agitator – continuous leaching – decantation systems – extraction towers – washing – equipment.
Unit V: Crystallisation And Distillation
Crystallization – Equilibrium – Rate of crystal growth stage – Equilibrium crystallization – CrystallizersEquipment – Classification – Construction and operation – Crystallizers – Tank – Agitated batchSwenson – Walker and Vacuum crystallizers – Distillation – Binary mixtures – Flash and differential distillation-Steam distillation –Theory – Continuous distillation with rectification – Vacuum distillation Batch distillation – Operation and process – Advantages and limitation – Distillation equipment Construction and operation – Factors influencing the operation.
Text Books:
- Earle, R.L., “Unit Operations in Food Processing”, Pergamon Press, Oxford, U.K, 1985.
- McCabe, W.L., and Smith, J.C., “Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering”, Mc-Graw-Hill Inc., Kosaido Printing Ltd., Tokyo, 1990.
- Geankoplis, C.J. “Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles”, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2003.
References:
- Coulson, J.M and J.F. Richardson. Chemical Engineering. Volume I to V. The Pergamon Press. New York, 1999.
- Albert Ibarz and Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas. Unit Operations in Food Engineering. CRC Press LLC, Florida, 2003.
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