Course - Advanced Dewatering and Drying Engineering - EP8207
EP8207 - Advanced Dewatering and Drying Engineering
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Oral examination
Grade: Passed/Failed
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
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| Muntlig | 100/100 |
Course content
The course will be lectured normally every second year. Next time autumn 2013.
Frame for the technical content:
Introductions to Phase Transitions
Physical State and Molecular Mobility
Water and Phase Transitions
Sorption Isotherms
Food Components and Polymers
Time-Dependent Phenomena
Mechanical Properties
Drying Kinetics
The course can be individually adjusted.
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
The course provides the student with knowledge about:
Dewatering and drying processes
Phase changes and physical conditions
Time dependent phenomena in materials during drying
Drying kinetics
The course gives the student insight about:
Physical and thermal processes for dewatering and drying
Dewatering phenomena and processes
Skills:
The course should enable the student to:
Design and dimensioning of dewatering and drying processes
Evaluation of different processes and suitability for different materials and solutions
General competence:
The course should give the student:
Basic competence within dewatering and drying processes
Knowledge about phase changes and water mobility in products during dewatering and drying
Learning methods and activities
Colloquium and obligatory calculation tasks. To pass the course a score of at least 70 percent is required.
Compulsory assignments
- Practical tasks
Recommended previous knowledge
Basic knowledge in thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer.
Course materials
Selected chapters from following books: Phase Transitions in Foods, Yrjö Roos, Guide to Industrial Drying, Arun S. Mujumdar, Selected articles and notes.
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Doctoral degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2013
Language of instruction: English
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- Energy and Process Engineering
- Industrial Process Technology
- Food Subjects
- Technological subjects
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Energy and Process Engineering
Examination
Examination arrangement: Oral examination
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn ORD Muntlig 100/100 2013-12-20
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Room Building Number of candidates - Spring ORD Muntlig 100/100
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"