FD3412: Unit Operations Laboratory syllabus for Food Tech 2021 regulation

Unit Operations Laboratory 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 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Food Tech 4th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of unit operations laboratory is as follows.

Course Objectives:

To develop knowledge in handling basic operation equipments

Experiments:

1. Flow measurement
   1. Orifice meter
   2. Venturimeter,
   3. Rotameter
2. Determination of economy and thermal efficiency of rotary flash evaporator
3. Solving problems on single and multiple effect evaporator
4. Determination of separation efficiency of centrifugal separator.
5. Determination of collection efficiency in cyclone separator.
6. Determination of efficiency of liquid solid separation by filtration.
7. Determination of absorption efficiency in a packing tower
8. Determination of porosity, coefficient of friction and angle of repose of grains.
9. Determination of particle size of granular foods by sieve analysis.
10. Determination of performance characteristics in size reduction using the burr mill.
11. Determination of energy requirement in size reduction using the ball mill andhammer mill.
12. Performance evaluation of pin mill and hammer mill.
13. Performance evaluation of a steam distillation process.
14. Visit to a solvent extraction, sugar industry.

Equipment Needed for 30 Students

Orifice meter – 1 No.
Venturi meter-1 No.
Rotameter-1 No.
Packed column-1 No.
Centrifugal separator-1
Steam distillation unit-2
Fluidized bed column-1 No.
Rotary flash evaporator-1 No.
Cyclone separator-1 No.
Ball mill-1 No.
Hammer mill-1 No.
Burr mill-1 No.
Pin mill

Course Outcomes:

Upon completion of this practical course the student will

1. Have knowledge on the basic principles of chemical engineering and its applications.
2. Be able to apply the skill of material balance and energy balance in unit operations unit process.

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Food Technology, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Food Tech 4th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

For all Food Technology results, visit Anna University Food Tech all semester results direct link.