Post Harvest Technology detail syllabus for Agriculture Engineering (Agri), 2017 regulation is taken from Anna University official website and presented for students of Anna University. The details of the course are: course code (AI8504), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
For all other agri 5th sem syllabus for be 2017 regulation anna univ you can visit Agri 5th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 regulation Anna Univ Subjects. The detail syllabus for post harvest technology is as follows.”
Course Objective:
- The students would be exposed to fundamental knowledge in engineering properties of agricultural materials, different Post Harvest operations and processing methods of harvested crops and storage of crops
Unit I
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Unit II
Psychrometry and Drying
Psychrometry – importance – Psychrometric charts and its uses – Drying – principles and theory of drying – thin layer and deep bed drying – Hot air drying – methods of producing hot air – Types of grain dryers – selection – construction, operation and maintenance of dryers – Design of dryers
Unit III
Cleaning and Grading
Principles – air screen cleaners – adjustments – cylinder separator – spiral separator – magnetic separator – colour sorter – inclined belt separator – length separators – effectiveness of separation and performance index.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Crop Processing
Paddy processing – parboiling of paddy – methods – merits and demerits – dehusking of paddy -methods – merits and demerits – rice polishers -types – constructional details – polishing -layout of modern rice mill – wheat milling – pulse milling methods – oil seed processing – millets processing.
Course Outcome:
At the end of the study the student will have knowledge on
- Material handling equipments
- Different Post Harvest operations and processing methods of harvested crops.
- Fundamentals of various unit operations of Agricultural Processing.
Text Books:
- Chakraverty, A.Post harvest technology for Cereals, Pulses and oilseeds. Oxford and IBH publication Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, Third Edition, 2000.
- Sahay, K.M., and Singh, K.K. Unit operations of Agricultural Processing. Vikas publishing house Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1994.
References:
- Pande, P.H. Principles of Agriculture Processing. Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, 1994.
- Henderson, S.M. and R.L. Perry. Agricultural Process Engineering. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 1955.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Agri, 2017 regulation do visit Agri 5th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.
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