Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : FP6332 : Advanced Food By-Product and Waste Management { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Rama Chandra Pradhan
Syllabus
Introduction to Waste and by-products from food industries. Composition of Food and agricultural by-products and waste. Waste minimisation, management and co-product recovery in food processing. Treatment of food Waste and by-products. Anaerobic digestion of - organic residue and waste, Animal and fish by-products. Recovery of various components from food and agricultural waste. Waste to biofuel. Combustion, Pyrolysis, Gasification - Principles and mechanism. Agricultural wastes into energy chemicals. Conversion of by-products and wastes into pulp, paper, various other products and chemicals. Bio-compost. Vermicomposting. Waste water management and treatment in food processing sector. Issue and technology on food waste management. Laws, regulation and Policy on Waste management.
Course Objectives
- To understand about food processing waste and by product utilisation and its management.
Course Outcomes
Ability to provide service to food industry for developing/ operating their manufacturing system in compliance with national and international food standards and regulations
Essential Reading
- Lijun Wang, Energy Efficiency and Management in Food Processing Facilities, CRC Press
- K Waldron, Handbook of Waste Management and Co-Product Recovery in Food Processing, CRC press.
Supplementary Reading
- Vasso Oreopoulou and Winfried Russ, Utilization of By-Products and Treatment of Waste in the Food Industry., Springer
- N. Fortin., Food Regulation: Law, Science, Policy and Practice., Wiley