Unit Operations in Agricultural Processing 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 (AI8401), Category (PC), Contact Periods/week (3), Teaching hours/week (3), Practical Hours/week (0). The total course credits are given in combined syllabus.
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Course Objective:
- The students would be exposed to the fundamental knowledge in Evaporation, Filtration, Sedimentation, Processing, Sieve analysis, Crystallization and Distillation in processing of agricultural produce.
Unit I
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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 presssedimentation – 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 equipments – crushers – jaw crusher, gyratory crusher-crushing rolls – grinders -hammer mills – rolling compression mills – attrition, rod, ball and tube mills – construction and operation.
Unit IV
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Unit V
Crystallisation and Distillation
Crystallization-Equilibrium -Rate of crystal growth stage-Equilibrium crystallization-Crystallizers-Equipment-Classification- Construction and operation – Crystallizers-Tank-Agitated batch-Swenson-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 equipments-Construction and operation-Factors influencing the operation.
Course Outcome:
At the end of the study the student will have knowledge on
- Fundamentals of various unit operations of Agricultural Processing.
- Material handling equipments
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-Canovas. Unit Operations in Food Engineering. CRC Press LLC, Florida, 2003..
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