NFOK13000U Dairy Processes and Equipment

Volume 2014/2015
Education
MSc Programme in Food Science and Technology
MSc Programme in Animal Derived Foods
Content

The course primarily deals with processes and equipment with applications specific to the dairy industry (e.g. equipment for homogenization, specialised heating processes, membrane filtration, cheese production, drying, freezing of ice cream, slicing, dicing and shredding). The rheological properties of fluids and viscoelastic materials in processing are also covered.

The content concentrates on understanding the individual dairy process components and on dairy process equipment with respect to optimizing processing and desired product characteristics.

The students will be briefly introduced to innovation and entrepeneurship in the dairy industry and presented for the special innovation and entrepreneurial challenges in the dairy sector. Examples of business opportunities in connection to ideas/case stories within the dairy sector will be given.

Learning Outcome

Dairy Processes and Equipment is part of the specialisation in Dairy Technology, and contributes with competences within basic and applied sciences, knowledge about production and cleaning processes in the dairy industry, the flow and rheological properties of fluid and materials, the principles of the individual types of common unit operations as well as their combination into entire dairy processing lines to meet specific requirements.

Knowledge:

- Identify and describe the principle(s) behind the processes and equipment needed in production of dairy products

- Explain the effects of dairy processes and equipment on the molecular, physical and chemical properties of dairy products during the different stages of processing.

- Possess comprehension of the flow and rheological properties of fluids and elastic materials based on knowledge from physics and chemistry.

Skills:

- Analyse complex unit operations and processes in the dairy industry and apply previouslyr obtained knowledge of physics and chemistry to them.

- Apply relevant methods for characterisation of physical and chemical properties of dairy products and analysis of data.

- Structure a scientific report based on primary literature and obtained experimental results.

Competences:

- Collect relevant data in dairy processing lines for monitoring and identifying changes in chemical and physical properties of dairy materials during processing.

- Work in a group to structure research work and report writing.

A collection of reviews, book chapters, and original scientific litterature.

We recommend taking the course “Food Process Equipment" (NFOK13003U) before entering the present course.
The course is based on lectures, practicals, project work, including pilot plant activities, and excursions. A number of lectures will be given by people from the industry.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Exam
  • 2
  • Excursions
  • 16
  • Guidance
  • 10
  • Lectures
  • 30
  • Practical exercises
  • 12
  • Preparation
  • 56
  • Project work
  • 80
  • Total
  • 206
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment
Oral examination, 20 min
The exam consist of an individual project report (50% weighting) based on work in pilot plant/laboratory describing selected processes and equipment, and an individual short oral examination (50% weighting).
Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
More than one internal examiner
Criteria for exam assesment

Fullfilment of learning outcomes