AKTU Drying and Storage Engineering (BAG055) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech 3rd Year
Drying and Storage Engineering BAG055
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Syllabus — Drying and Storage Engineering
Download PDFBAG055 · 3 credits · L-T-P 3-0-0
| Scheme and Credits | L-T-P | Theory Marks Test Assig/Att. | Sessional | Total | Credit |
| 3-0-0 | 100 | 30 | 20 | 150 | 3 |
| Pre-requisites (if any) | Basic knowledge of Refrigeration & Air Conditioning and Heat & Mass Transfer Concepts. |
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
Course Outcomes
| CO 1 | Apply the knowledge of drying and dehydration in food industries | K 3 |
| CO 2 | Analyze the different drying and dehydration models for various food commodity | K & K 2 4 |
| CO 3 | Compute the drying and dehydration behavior for different food commodity | K 5 |
| CO 4 | Select the appropriate dryer for selected food commodity | K & K 2 3 |
| CO 5 | Analyze the economic aspects of storage and understand storage condition for various fruits and vegetables under cold and CAP storage system. | K & K 4 5 |
K - Remember, K - Understand, K - Apply, K - Analyze, K -Evaulate, K - Create
Course Content
Moisture content and methods for determination, importance of EMC and methods of its determination, EMC curve and EMC model, principle of drying, theory of diffusion, mechanism of drying- falling rate, constant rate, thin layer, deep bed and their analysis, critical moisture content, drying models.
Calculation of drying air temperature and air flow rate, air pressure within the grain bed, Shred’s and Hukill’s curve, different methods of drying including puff drying, foam mat drying, freeze drying, etc. Study of different types of dryers- performance, energy utilization pattern and efficiency, study of drying and dehydration of agricultural products.
Types and causes of spoilage in storage, conditions for storage of perishable products, functional requirements of storage, control of temperature and relative humidities inside storage, calculation of refrigeration load; modified atmospheric storage and control of its Environment, air movement inside the storage, Storage of grains: destructive agents, respiration of grains, moisture and temperature changes in stored grains; conditioning of environment inside storage through natural ventilation, mechanical ventilation, artificial drying, traditional, improved and modern grain storage structures, warehouse - design and control of environment.
Storage of cereal grains and their products, storage of seeds, hermetically sealed and air cooled storages-refrigerated, controlled atmosphere, modified atmospheric and frozen storages. Storage condition for various fruits and vegetables under cold and CAP storage system. Economic, aspects of storage.
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