Post Harvest Engineering detailed syllabus for Food Technology (Food Tech) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Food Tech students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Food Technology 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Food Tech 3rd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of post harvest engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9 Post-harvest engineering of crops – objectives – post harvest systems and losses in agricultural commodities structure, engineering properties of agricultural materials, optimum stage of harvest, importance of loss reduction; Post Harvest Handling operations. Pre-drying operation, Moisture content, RH measurement, air-grain measurement.
Unit II
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Unit III
MATERIAL HANDLING 10 Introduction to different conveying equipment used for handling of grains, fruits and vegetables; Scope and importance of material handling devices Classification, principles of operation, conveyor system selection/design. Belt conveyor Principle, characteristics, design, relationship between belt speed and width, capacity, inclined belt conveyors, idler spacing, belt tension, drive tension, belt tripper. Chain conveyor -Principle of operation, advantages, disadvantages, capacity and speed, conveying chain. Screw conveyor Principle of operation, capacity, power, troughs, loading and discharge, inclined and vertical screw conveyors. Bucket elevator Principle, classification, operation, advantages, disadvantages, capacity, speed, bucket pickup, bucket discharge, relationship between belt speed, pickup and bucket discharge, buckets types, power requirement. Pneumatic conveying system types, air/product separators; Gravity conveyor design considerations, capacity and power requirement.
Unit IV
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Unit V
PEST CONTROL 8 Primary and secondary insect pests, rodents and microorganisms of stored food grains and their control, integrated pest management, Fumigation and controlled atmosphere storage of food grains, Rodent Control.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Sahay, K. M. and K.K.Singh..Unit operation of Agricultural Processing, Vikas Publishing House., Pvt Ltd. 2004.
- Chakravarty et al Handbook of Post-Harvest Technology Marcel Dekker. 2003.
- Araullo, E.V., dePadna, D.B. and Graham, Michael. Rice Post Harvest Technology. International Development Res. Centre, Ottawa, Canada. 1976.
- Birewar, B.R., Krishnamurthy, K., Girish, G.K., Varma, B.K. and Kanjilal, S.C.. Modern Storage Structures. Indian Grain Storage Institute, Hapur.1983.
- Earle, R.L, Unit Operations in Food Processing. Pergamon Press. Oxford. U.K, 2003
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