Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : FP4231 : Food Process Equipment and Plant Design { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Rama Chandra Pradhan
Syllabus
Materials and Properties, Design Considerations, Design of Pressure and Storage Vessels, Design of shell and its component, Design of Heat Exchangers, Design of Evaporators and Crystallizers, Design of crystalliser and entrainment separator. Design of Agitators Separators, Design of centrifuge separator. Design of Equipment Components: Design of Freezing Equipment: Design of tray dryer, tunnel dryer, fluidized dryer, spray dryer, vacuum dryer, freeze dryer and microwave dryer. Design of Conveyors and Elevators, Design of Extruders, Design of Fermenters, Hazards and Safety Considerations. food plant design concepts, Feasibility Study: Design of product, product specifications, process design, pro-cess selection considering technical, economic and social aspects. Process planning and scheduling, flow sheeting, flow diagrams and process flow charts and computer aided development of flow charts Selection of Process equipments, material handling equipment, service equipment, instruments and controls, considerations involved in equipment selection, economic analysis of equipment. Types of layouts, preparation and development of layout, equipment symbols, flow sheet symbols, electric symbols, graphic symbols for piping systems, standards for space requirement and dimensions. Re-quirements of the steam, refrigeration, water, electricity, waste disposal, lighting, ventilation, drain-age, CIP system, dust removal, fire protection etc. Workers Safety and Health Aspects, Building and Building Materials.
Course Objectives
- To conceptualize and design equipment needed for various food processing operations.
Course Outcomes
To understand principle of working and design of advanced machinery available for food processing sectors
Essential Reading
- V V Mahajani and S B Umarji, Joshi's Process Equipment Design, Trinity Press
- F C Villbrandt and C E Dryden, Chemical Engineering Plant Design, McGraw-Hill
Supplementary Reading
- J.M. Moore, Plant Layout and Design, The Mcmillan company
- Brownell and Young, Process equipment design, John Willey