88173 - Exercises on Application of Unit Operations

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Food Technology (cod. 8528)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course of "Practices of Applications of Unit Operations" the student knows the practical applications of the main unit operations in food technologies and their effects on characteristics of food products.

Course contents

The course is organized in presentation of theoretical concepts and study in-depth from literature (by practice exercices developed by single/group of students) related to selected subjects and case-studies.

Specifically the main subjects are: Introduction and classification of food technology processes. Critical variables and Hurdle Technology. Approaches for food preservation: examples applied to vegetable and fish products, table olives. Basic concepts and examples from scientific literature on the mild technologies as emergent techniques.  Application of unit operations in selected case-studies (virgin olive oil; ice-cream; cooked ham).

During the first lesson information on modes/instruments for the scientific literature research will be provided.

During the course the attendence to Cibus Tec Forum: Mostra-Convegno sulle Tendenze delle Tecnologie Alimentari - Exhibition and Conference on Food and Beverages Technologies Trends is expected.

Readings/Bibliography

Carlo Pompei, Operazioni Unitarie della Tecnologia Alimentare, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (Milano), Ed. 2009, ristampa 2012.

Singh, Heldman, Principi di tecnologia alimentare, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana (Milano), prima edizione 2015.

P.J. Fellows, Food processing Technology - Principles and Practice, Woodehead Publishing Limited, England.

Teaching methods

Theorethical lectures and practical exercises (discussion of information/data by scientific literature).

The certification of health and safety training (module 1 and module 2 in e-learning mode) is requested to students participating in praticals in computer lab.  

Assessment methods

The knowledge and skills taught in this course will be evaluated by a written test (multi-choices questions) and consequent oral examination (if the student passes the written test) on exercises elaborated by students during the practicals.

The final grade of the integrated course of Unit Operations and Applications will be calculated as as mean value of scores reached in the two modules of Unit Operations (6 CFU) and Practices of Application of Unit Operations (3 CFU).

Teaching tools

To support the teaching: blackboard, PC, projector, students labs, computers lab will be used (electronic material for lessons on Virtual Learning Environment platform).

Office hours

See the website of Alessandra Bendini

SDGs

Clean water and sanitation Industry, innovation and infrastructure Responsible consumption and production

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.